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Ragtime Music in Canada

Featuring Some Rag (1910) by Willie Eckstein and other Piano Rags by Canadian Composers

By Ted Tjaden

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Chapter 6: .MP3 Recordings of Canadian Ragtime

I hope to shortly add links to .MP3 recordings of me playing the three Canadian rags listed:

 

Some Rag: A Real Live One. Willie Eckstein. Montreal, PQ: Delmar Music, 1910 [top]

 

Photo of Willie Eckstein

Image source:
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Eckstein, Willie. Some Rag: A Real Live One. Montreal, QC: Delmar Music, 1910.

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Listen to/download an .MP3 recording of Some Rag (Willie Eckstein) played by Ted Tjaden.

 

Silly-Ass: Two Step. Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière. Montréal, QC: J.E. Belair, 1907  [top]

Silly Ass Sheet Music Cover

 

Lafrenière, Jean-Baptiste. Silly-Ass: Two Step. Montréal, QC: J.E. Belair, 1907.

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Rag Tags Rag. Harry Thomas. Montreal, QC: Delmar Music, 1909 [top]

 Photo of Harry Thomas as a Young Man

Thomas, Harry. Rag Tags Rag. Montreal, QC: Delmar Music, 1909.

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Listen to/download an .MP3 recording of Rag Tags Rag (Harry Thomas) played by Ted Tjaden.

 


In the next chapter, I discuss Canadian ragtime sheet music art work.

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