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Pastime Rag No. 5 (1918) A Slow Drag

Composer:	Matthews  (1888-1958)	Suppliers:
Editor:	Geoff Grainger	Septet:	Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
Publisher:	Ditty Box Enterprises	Publication:	DBE0745
Audio:	Audio file information

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Length: approx. 3¼ mins.
Pastime Rag No. 5 is logically the fifth of Matthews Pastime Rags (but was printed 2 years before the fourth!) 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 tango bass, something that bass recorder players can really get their mouths about. Its form is AABACCDD with a 4-bar introduction and the whole written in G-major. In accordance with its title, it would be the ideal programme item to complete a recorder recital of Matthews pastimes by a courageous ensemble.
Pastime Rag No. 54 was published by Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
A tempo of 84 crotchets/min. is suggested.

"Pastime Rag No. 5 (1918)" has been recorded by:
 Marco Fumo on "Last Time Rag: Joplin - Morton et al" 
 Scott Kirby on "Bucktown in the 90's" 
 Alan Mandel on "American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches" 
 Guido Nielsen on "Kitten on the Keys" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Art of the Rag" 
 Trebor Jay Tichenor on "Virginia's Favorites"