Jazz & Ragtime — Public-domain era
Ragtime / Opera · 1911

A Real Slow Drag (Treemonisha)

S. Joplin

Key
Bb
Time
C
Tempo
♩=60
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Closing chorus of Joplin's opera Treemonisha. Slow drag rhythm.

Teaching points

  • Slow drag rhythm
  • Joplin's opera (rare)
  • AO3: ragtime as art-music aspiration
Full score ↓Public domain

1911 first ed, PD.

Topic T11Topic T9