Cataract Rag (1914)
Rag
Rag
Last updated: 28.01.22
| Composer: | R. Hampton | Suppliers: |  |
| Editor: | Geoff Grainger | Septet | A/T/T/T/B+T+D/B/GB(B) |
| Publisher: | Ditty Box Enterprises | Publication: | DBE 673 |
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Length: approx. 3¾ mins.
This is a fine "classic rag" of AABBCCDD form. Its 4-bar introduction is dramatic and sets the scene in keeping with the waterfall shown on the cover of the original sheet music. The B- and C-strains are especially evocative, the former suggesting a bubbling watery cascade whilst the latter a turbulent upwelling. Both are extremely difficult to play requiring meticulous tonguing to achieve the desired effect. For my taste, a minor masterpiece - a jewel of a composition! In this recorder adaptation, the 1st bass has the rare opportunity of alternating to two other recorders in addition to the usual exacting bar-counting, a characteristic of many of these sextets.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.
Cataract was published by the Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
There is also a trio version of this item.
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A/T/T/T/B+T+D/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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Midi | Sakae Watanabe |
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Claude Bolling | Original Ragtime | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)     
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Richard Dowling | World's Greatest Piano Rags | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) 
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"Perfessor" Bill Edwards | The Art of the Rag | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
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Sue Keller | Rag Time Sue |
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Alan Mandel | American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches |
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Various Artists | Fingerpicking Guitar Delights |
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Various Artists | Piano Music In America 1900-1945 |
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Gary Smart | American Beauty: A Ragtime Bouquet | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
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⇑Terry Waldo | Ragtime Classics Vol. 2 |
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