Ophelia Rag (1910)
Last updated: 24.01.24
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Composer: J.S. Scott Suppliers: dbe15.gif
Editor: Geoff Grainger Sextet A/T/T/T/B/GB(B)
Publisher: Ditty Box Enterprises Publication: DBE 117
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Length: approx. 3¾ mins.
Ophelia Rag celebrates a certain Ophelia Bumps, the heroine of a same named comic strip popular in the early 1900s. The cover of the original sheet music shows this charming cross-eyed little girl holding a slate displaying the excellent advice of "Don't Chuw [sic] The Rag, Sing It!". The cover's illustrator Clare Victor Dwiggins also illustrated Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn and Nipper. The rag itself is of AABBCCB form the strains being "folksy" with cakewalk elements. This is a light-hearted fun piece whereby the treble player will particularly enjoy having the limelight by playing the melody almost throughout. The other voices have plenty to do however especially in the rhythm section.
Ophelia Rag was published by Stark Music Co, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
A tempo of 76 crotchets/min. is suggested.
There are also treble solo and trio versions of this item.

  Composer Sequencer
     
audiomidi15.gif J.S. Scott Sakae Watanabe
  Composer Performer Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif J.S. Scott Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/T/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
cd15.gif Budapest Ragtime Band Caravan flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif "Perfessor" Bill Edwards Quality Ragtime
cd15.gif Frank French James Scott's Ragtime CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15de.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Franklin Kennedy Ragtime The Music Of James Scott CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Ragtime - The Best Of James Scott flag15us.gif
cd15.gif Guido Nielsen James Scott: The Complete Works 1903-1922 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Royce Reynolds Ragtime The James Scott Songbook CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif
cd15.gif Bennet Sayles Ragtime Heroes: The James Scott Songbook flag15us.gif
cd15.gif  Steven Williams Classic Ragtime From Rare Piano Rolls flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Ophelia Rag (1910) J.S. Scott (music) Piano Ragtime Piano wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Ophelia Rag (1910) J.S. Scott (music) Piano IMSLP Pub.