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Pastime Rag No. 4 (1920) A Slow Drag

Composer:	Matthews (1888-1958)	Suppliers:
Editor:	Geoff Grainger	Septet:	Descant/Treble/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass
Publisher:	Ditty Box Enterprises	Publication:	DBE 744
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Length: approx. 2¾ mins.
Pastime Rag No. 4 is logically the fourth of Matthews Pastime Rags (but was printed 2 years after the fifth!) of which Rudi Blesh wrote in his Classic Piano Rags as being "virtuosic, wide ranging in concept and a five-chapter synopsis of the St. Louis ragtime scene. This particular rag is noted for and characterised by its jangling, "crazy" chords in the A-strain - perhaps so much so that its publication was delayed. Its form is a straightforward AABBCC with a 4-bar introduction whereby the AB- and C-strains are written in the major keys of F and Bb respectively. This multi-chord "black" piece demands exquisite tonguing and is definitely only for the brave.
Pastime Rag No. 4 was published by Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
A tempo of 74 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Pastime Rag No. 4 (1920)" has been recorded by:
 Richard Dowling on "World's Greatest Piano Rags" 
 Alan Mandel on "American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches" 
 Various Artists on "Piano Music In America 1900-1945" 
 Bryan Wright on "Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes" 
 Guido Nielsen on "Kitten on the Keys" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Art of the Rag" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill"