Purchasing information Notice for leaders/bass players
Length: approx. 2¾ mins.
Subtitled both Fox Trot and Trot & One Step and coupled with Rag in the Title, the composer and publisher clearly intended
Old Folks Rag to reach a wide market at the same time cashing in on the then new-fangled fox-trot craze. The cover of the original sheet music shows elegant 19th century dancers whilst the back cover lauds it to be among the worlds best 5 fox-trots. The others named are Meadowbrook (
Arthur M. Kraus), Ballin' the Jack (
Chris Smith/
James Reese Europe),
Carolina Fox Trot (1914) (
William H. Vodery) and Reuben (
Edward B. Claypoole).
Its form is AABBCD with a 4-bar introduction and a 4-bar interlude between the B- and C-strains. The keys used are F- and Bb-major. This is a delightful treble solo romp in this adaptation for recorder quintet which will assuredly charm all folks young, middling and old!
Old Folks Rag was published by
Jos. W. Stern & Co., New York, USA.
A tempo of 150 crotchets/min. is suggested.
