Jazz & Ragtime — Public-domain era
Ragtime · 1914

Magnetic Rag

S. Joplin

Key
Bb
Time
2/4
Tempo
♩=76
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Late ragtime — five-strain extension of Joplin's classical-ragtime form.

Teaching points

  • Five-strain (more than usual)
  • Late Joplin sophistication
  • AO3: ragtime as art
Full score ↓Public domain

1914 first ed, PD.

Topic T11