The entire piece is beautiful but I have to make a special mention for the 3rd Section at 2:28. That melody...soars up in the pentatonic mode, suggesting hope and optimism, but at 2:36 goes briefly to minor, suggesting doubt and struggle, and at 2:39 transitions back to Major in an oddly "bluesy" sort of way (with that seventh), depicting a resurgence of hope, and the resolution at 2:48 where it gloriously ends in triumph...all in one flowing melody lasting mere seconds. Here I try to describe this unique characteristic of Joplin, the ability to somehow make a simple melody speak so many things, a quality I believe is strangely reminiscent of Mozart. Perhaps it's the way they made such simple melodies happy and melancholic at the same time, and the way this melody is fit so elegantly into a well-organized structure. I wonder if "Classicism" would be the right term to describe this aesthetic quality.

@user-gb3un9ku5g

6 ай бұрын

i've noticed some Strauss influense. Strauss wrote in 3/4, ragtime writes in 2/4. I think some ideas and construction of melodical line he takes from Strauss valses.

It's amazing that by simply playing the piece Slower, you are able to express so much more...

@peramundsson2006

3 жыл бұрын

Scott Joplin wrote that this piece should not be played fast.

That's Joshua Rifkin, I'd recognize his one of a kind style anwhere. His version is the BEST version ever.

This is as close to perfect as it has ever been

How utterly magnificent. I'd submit Gladiolus Rag as one of the best American compositions, and this rendition the best performance of it, in history.

@heron6462

2 ай бұрын

I think it's Joplin's most moving composition, with its bittersweet dissonances and the way it subtly changes in mood. It's a masterpiece.

My favorite of his. The sheer beauty of this masterpiece makes one swoon with tears in one's eyes.

@Santosificationable

6 жыл бұрын

This must have been one of the best piano pieces composed in the 20th Century.

@thetriumphofthethrill2457

5 жыл бұрын

@@Santosificationable Very true. Definitely one of the best.

@harryrichbell

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. The middle section harmonies are particularly heart melting but the whole piece has so much variation and each section can stand on its own merits. it’s beautiful.

@thetriumphofthethrill2457

4 жыл бұрын

@@harryrichbell True.

@peramundsson2006

3 жыл бұрын

Mine to.

Thank you so much for this...this is THE tempo for this brilliant composers work...great playing and expression..1st African american great!!

A perfect version indeed! I think that the pianist should be credited!!

Great isn't he😊 good quality sound 👌

All hail the father of groove

What an heroic concept of the Ragtime Style and a performance equal to its lofty ideals. Hats off to Scott Joplin and and Joshua Rifkin (who should have been credited) for his amazing performance.

This is to JM14mp below - The reason that I know that at least 30-40 or more of these on You Tube ARE truly Dr. Rifkin's pianistic accomplishments. HOW DO I KNOW? I had the most awesome invitation of going to hear Rifkin in person - playing more than (20) of Joplin's works and a couple of other sideline-rag competitors during that time. We saw him perform at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in 1993. I had not heard much of him before that time, but after hearing him perform, I was sold!! Being a classical musician & teacher myself (raised on Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, & Mozart) I loved this change. Rifkin likes to be 'in the background - not lifting himself here in NOT naming himself, but all who've heard him, know he is 'The Joplin Master'. One thing ALL must note - Joplin scripted 'Play Not Fast'. Well, Rifkin followed this Joplin direction throughout the concert - EXCEPT - Maple Leaf Rag. So, you'll have to look & find him on all the Joplin pieces, under 1) Classic Mood Experience, Brooklyn...., Playingmusiconmars, & 1 or 2 more - the Classic Mood ------- he HIDES himself there. If you are a musician, composer, song writer etc. you'll appreciate more bio history - Check out Rifkin's bio on Wikipedia - He was educated in the Boston universities, Europe, and got his doctorate @ Princeton. So, what did he do ? Specialized in Baroque music, then, believe it or not he SWITCHED to Joplin's Rags. Watching him play 'LIVE' in a concert hall on a Steinway 9' concert grand - just was amazing to see this Century turning music on the 9 footer; knowing that Joplin himself probably pounced on out-of-tune nightclub & bar type 'out-of-tune' Studio upright (or possibly a couple of baby grands at best. I'm sure if Scott was here today - seeing Rifkin & many others here playing on Grands & Concert Grands, he would be 'in tears'.

@thetriumphofthethrill2457

7 жыл бұрын

Nice story. Rifkin is definitely the best interpreter of Joplin's music.

Beautiful, especially the second half, such inspired brilliance. At the hands of a genius like Joplin music transcends.

@reubensearle8200

5 жыл бұрын

That third section is personally my favourite, been stuck in my head for weeks, even after listening to it multiple times! How can something so bloody beautiful, yet catchy, be written? How does that ever come about? How I wish I could write like this. I've always wondered whether Scott Joplin wrote his songs 'out of the blue' (from no where, in his head), or whether he physically sat down with a blank mind and planned to write... there must be a science to such beauty in music

@thetriumphofthethrill2457

5 жыл бұрын

@@reubensearle8200 Very true, good post. It's either he busted his a** to come up with it or it just came. Either way, as the saying goes, "either you have it or you don't". And Joplin certainly had it.

Always a favorite with any audience, but definitely one of the more difficult Joplin pieces.

Fantastic Music!!

it has the beat exactly like Maple Leaf Rag. Try mentally humming the song, and listen to this one. It fits, for the majority!

@mouf725

2 жыл бұрын

yes absolutely! I love doing this haha

This is another one of Joplin's hidden gems - had not been one of the masterpieces in the forefront of Scott's mainframe of pieces. But if you listen to at least half piece up to the 2:30 mark (when he changes melody, lyrics and speed, it you will note that, although it has duplicate similarities in chord quality, and slower - it has almost the same melodic drive as the Maple Leaf Rag. Brilliantly done from one of the Masters of the change to the 20th Century music.

私はラグタイムではこの曲が一番、好きだね。

супер !

This tune does something weird to me--a sort of past life thing. A strange, sad but hopeful feeling...I can't explain. Nostalgia. Something long ago. And that part at 3:48 and then at 4:16 really freaks me out...Powerful shit, man.

@jordan4748

7 жыл бұрын

Phillip Thompson Wonderful comment that discribes my feelings too

@lowkeybassist5320

6 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing this a couple of years back and having that same feeling but with a mix of existential crisis and it really freaked me out. I have been looking for this piece and damn it still gives me that strange feeling.. I'm glad I'm not the only one

@mikemeade5483

Жыл бұрын

I want to learn how to play this rag again I could when I was younger - its so positive and beautiful

@elliotray8477

Жыл бұрын

I know just what you mean....they are unusual chord progressions which have a strange power and beauty and give me goosebumps!

👌

Who is the pianist playing on this recording?

The Maple Leaf and Sugar Cagne brother

BLOODY PIANO SPIDER

They should've put this in the movie UP

@Santosificationable

7 жыл бұрын

I was somehow thinking the same thing. For some reason I couldn't help but imagine a hot air balloon while listening to this.

Joshua Rifkin.

Yeah it would've worked out great for some parts

Perfect! I read in my music notes "Gladiolus Rag. Note: Do not play this piece fast. It is never right to play "Ragtime" fast."

@Atris406

5 жыл бұрын

Beatles5 I think ragtime has to be played fast! This is too slow..

@Pandalka

2 жыл бұрын

in the Sims 1 they played it fast and it was fire

I think this one is another of Joshua Rifkin's style of play, although I cannot cite that for sure.

@kimravn-jensen4963

3 жыл бұрын

It is Joshua Rifkin - beautifully remastered. As for the piece itself, I (also) get chills down my spine at the final chord: "That's all, folks - let's get on with something else!"

It would have to be a piano roll to be an original recording, so I don't think so. This sounds like it was played by hand.

@arnaldocisneros2212

3 жыл бұрын

This was done by Joshua Rifkin

劍蘭

He died in 1917.

@user-lp1et3ne8e

5 жыл бұрын

What's your point

@monkey-yy8bk

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-lp1et3ne8e he's just stating facts