Jazz & Ragtime — Public-domain era
Ragtime / Early Jazz · 1917

Charleston Rag

E. Blake

Key
Ab
Time
2/4
Tempo
♩=96
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Ragtime composition. Eubie Blake's signature piece, allegedly composed 1899 but first published 1917.

Teaching points

  • Eubie Blake (1887-1983)
  • Early stride-piano hints
  • AO3: ragtime + early stride lineage
Full score ↓Public domain

1917 first ed, PD via 95-year rule.

Topic T11