| Home | Recorder Music | Rec. Sextet: | The Entertainer's Rag (1910) |
| Composer: | Roberts (1889-1932) | Suppliers: |  |
| Editor: | Geoff Grainger | Sextet: | Sopranino+Descant/Treble+Descant/Tenor/Descant/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) |
| Publisher: | Ditty Box Enterprises | Publication: | DBE 549 |
| Audio: |   Audio file information |
Length: approx. 3¾ mins.
The Entertainer's Rag was specifically written to be performed in cutting competitions i.e. contests to determine the best pianist and the front cover of the proclaims that it was featured by Lloyd & Roberts. This splendid rag leaves nothing out - a real joy. Its form is complex with 16-, 20- and 12-bar strains interspersed with 4- and 8-bar interludes. The melodies are as ragged as they get ranging over all registers such that this adaptation for recorder requires at times 3 descants! The interludes comprise two patriotic melodies cleverly set off against each other. Entertainment pure!
The Entertainer's Rag was published by Pacific Coast Music Co., Oakland, California, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.
"The Entertainer's Rag (1910)" has been recorded by:
Peter Bocage on "Peter Bocage with the Creole Serenaders and the Love-Jiles Ragtime Orchestra" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) 
Claude Bolling on "Original Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Richard Dowling on "World's Greatest Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Lincoln Mayorga on "On Tour" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling on "Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues"
Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band on "Preserves, Vol. 1"
Rod Miller on "Rod Miller Ragtime"
Richard Zimmerman on "Ragtime Favorites - Richard Zimmerman"
"Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Rapid Fire Ragtime"