This has been typeset to match the sheet music in the
public domain in the EU available on the IMSLP
http://imslp.org/wiki/Silver_Swan_Rag_%28Joplin,_Scott%
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In the EU the copyright for this transcription by
Richard Zimmerman only lasted 25 years according to the
IMSLP site
http://imslp.org/wiki/Public_domain#Urtext_or_Critical_
Editions
I have corrected a misplaced natural sign in the bars 2
and 10 of LH of the B strain page 2. The chord
requires a C natural not an A natura...(+)
This has been typeset to match the sheet music in the
public domain in the EU available on the IMSLP
http://imslp.org/wiki/Silver_Swan_Rag_%28Joplin,_Scott%
29
In the EU the copyright for this transcription by
Richard Zimmerman only lasted 25 years according to the
IMSLP site
http://imslp.org/wiki/Public_domain#Urtext_or_Critical_
Editions
I have corrected a misplaced natural sign in the bars 2
and 10 of LH of the B strain page 2. The chord
requires a C natural not an A natural.
Silver Swan Silver Swan Rag is the only known Joplin
composition that was released but not printed (there
are many that were never released in any form), as it
appeared solely on a piano roll arrangement from both
QRS and National in 1914. When the first edition of The
Collected Works of Scott Joplin was being compiled in
1970, collector Albert Huerta found the National
version of the roll in his garage and brought it to the
attention of noted ragtime authority Richard Zimmerman
of the Maple Leaf Club. Dick then sought the opinions
of other scholars as to the authenticity of this
undocumented and unaccredited piece, and most all
concurred that it was a Joplin composition. With the
help of Donna McCluer, Zimmerman transcribed the
composition for the Joplin collection, editing out the
flourishes and devices that were common on rolls of the
period and leaving the essential Joplin framework. A
QRS edition of the roll found later actually credited
Joplin, helping to codify the parentage of this lovely
work. It is probable that either Joplin or one of his
publishers sold a manuscript to one of the roll
companies when efforts to put it in print were put
aside. Presented in rondo format (A B A C A), it begins
and ends with the same strain, just as do Scott
Joplin's New Rag and Magnetic Rag from the same time
period. The primary theme is very stately and simple,
much as Country Club, and a nice wraparound for the
well-developed B strain. The section is an interesting
combination of varying ideas, which may have changed
somewhat from Joplin's original intent during the roll
arrangement process. Even though it was near the end of
his fabulous output, I would not quite call it his
"swan song." -
http://www.perfessorbill.com/pbmusic_joplin2.shtml
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