Searchlight Rag by Scott Joplin (1907)
Details
| Title | Searchlight Rag by Scott Joplin (1907) |
| Author | Compukats |
| Duration | 3:37 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=73FwtFNXN3w |
Description
Original listing and sheet music here: https://musescore.com/user/36482158/scores/11130244?from=youtube_share
Scott Joplin's friends from St. Louis, brothers Tom and Charles Turpin, owned a stake in a mine in Searchlight, Nevada, and were said to have hit a copper vein there in 1906. Hence the title of this well done rag, published by Joseph Stern in New York in 1907.
Original score source was from Duke University at this link:
https://repository.duke.edu/dc/hasm/b0424
This is a reproduction of the 1907 original score, no changes were made.
Scott Joplin playlist is here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWv_HHmWjvjXYOHNZK8ks1TcWqZeyHbmC
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