"It's never right to play Ragtime fast."
(Scott Joplin)

Most listeners associate "ragtime" with the music of Scott Joplin, one of the earliest African-American composers to straddle the divide between classical and popular music. It was Joplin who brought this musical style to the pinnacle of perfection.

The term "ragtime" stems from "ragged time" and describes the contrast between the sprightly syncopated melodies in the right hand and the accentuated "oom-pah" bass in the left. This collection offers deeper insight into Joplin's art, a combination of folk music, African rhythms and classical piano music. Jean Kleeb has simplified the works and added fingering.

• Edition in celebration of Joplin's 150th anniversary in 2018
• 7 typical and well-known pieces in their entirety
• Difficult passages are simplified
• With fingering

Preface
EGATOP: Hommage à Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson / Zsolt Gárdonyi
Meditation on the chorale / Liselotte Kunkel
Auf meinen lieben Gott / Matthias Nagel
Quempas-Reagge on / Gerhard Luchterhandt
Easy-Rag on the chorale / Thomas Riegler
Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet / Herr Jesu Christe, mein getreuer Hirte / Gunther Martin Göttsche
Herr, deine Güte reicht, so weit / Gunther Martin Göttsche
Jazz Waltz-Swing on the chorale / David Christiansen
„Funky Praise on
In Frieden dein, o Herre mein / Gunther Martin Göttsche
Samba on the chorale / Thomas Riegler
Wanna love You, my strength (Ich will dich lieben, meine Stärke) / Matthias Nagel
Jazz-Waltz on the chorale / Hans Martin Kiefer
Ostinato / Löbens, Christopher
Little Shepherd’s Chachacha on "Kommet, ihr Hirten" / Gerhard Luchterhandt
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren / Ulrich Nehls
Rise up, Shepherd, and follow / John A. Behnke
Jazz-Waltz on the chorale / Thomas Riegler
Samba on the chorale / Thomas Riegler
Charleston on "wohlauf und s(w)inge schön!" / Gerhard Luchterhandt
Biographische Notizen = Biographical Notes