Welcome to my Ragtime Page! |
Here you will find a selection of MIDI files created by myself and others. The files here are mainly ragtime pieces, mostly by Scott Joplin. For some other files I have created, see the Gilbert & Sullivan Archive. All files are in standard MIDI format.
My favorite book about Scott Joplin and ragtime is Edward A. Berlin's
You can order it from Amazon.com (click the picture above). You can also use the Amazon.com search box below, and select "Books" in the "Search" field.
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Scott Joplin's Gravestone
St. Michael's Cemetery, Queens, New York
Thanks to Nancy Cayce for sending me this picture!!!
08/25/00 Revised page design!
09/01/00 Added sheet music for Pine Apple Rag
MIDI Files
Original Works
Collaborative Works
Vocal Works
Selections from Treemonisha
| The [Great] Crush Collision March (1896) | |
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| Joplin's first published work | |
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MIDI File
(25 kB, created by Jeff Powell) |
Sheet Music
(222 kB, created by Jeff Powell) |
| Combination March (1896) | ||
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| Size | Created By: | Comments |
| 18 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Harmony Club Waltz (1896) | ||
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| 40 kb | Jeff Powell | One of Joplin's first published non-ragtime pieces. |
| Original Rags (1899) | ||
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| 24 kb | Jeff Powell | Joplin's first published rag |
| Maple Leaf Rag (1899) | |
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| Joplin's greatest work; the definitive ragtime piece | |
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MIDI File
(20 kB, created by Jeff Powell) |
Sheet Music
(282 kB, created by Jeff Powell) |
| Peacherine Rag (1901) | ||
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| Size | Created By: | Comments |
| 22 kb | Jeff Powell | Features some unusual (for Joplin) use of 32nd notes |
| Augustan Club Waltz (1901) | ||
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| 23 kb | ||
| The Easy Winners (1901) | |
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MIDI File
(20 kB, created by Jeff Powell) |
Sheet Music
(273 kB, created by Jeff Powell) |
| Cleopha (1902) | ||
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| 18 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| A Breeze from Alabama (1902) | ||
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| 11 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| Elite Syncopations (1902) | ||
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| 13 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| The Entertainer (1902) | ||
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| 23 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| March Majestic (1902) | ||
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| 18 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| The Strenuous Life (1902) | ||
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| 19 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Weeping Willow (1903) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| Palm Leaf Rag (1903) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| The Favorite (1904) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | One of my favorites! |
| The Sycamore (1904) | ||
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| 2.5 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| The Cascades (1904) | ||
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| 2.5 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| The Chrysanthemum (1904) | ||
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| 2.5 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Bethena-- A Concert Waltz (1905) | ||
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| 4.5 kb | Jeff Powell | Another waltz, showing Joplin's darker side. |
| The Rose-bud March (1905) | ||
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| 2 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Leola (1905) | ||
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| 2 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Bink's Waltz (1905) | ||
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| 2.5 kb | Jeff Powell | A very sad and melancholy waltz |
| Eugenia (1905) | ||
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| 4 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Antoinette (1906) | ||
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| 3 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| The Rag-Time Dance (1906) | ||
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| Size | Created By: | Comments |
| 6 kb | Jeff Powell | This file has three tracks. The first two are for left and right piano. The third is a percussion track intended for the foot-stamping indicated in the music. Set your MIDI player to an appropriate sound. |
| Gladiolus Rag (1907) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| Rose Leaf Rag (1907) | ||
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| 18 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| Nonpareil (1907) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| Searchlight Rag (1907) | ||
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| 3 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Sugar Cane (1908) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| Pine Apple Rag (1908) | |
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| A very fine work, one of Joplin's best. | |
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MIDI File
(2 kB, created by Warren Trachtman) |
Sheet Music
(243 kB, created by Jeff Powell) |
| Fig Leaf Rag (1908) | |
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MIDI File
(22 kB, created by Warren Trachtman) |
Sheet Music
(249 kB, created by Jeff Powell) |
| Wall Street Rag (1909) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| Solace (1909) | ||
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| 5 kb | Jeff Powell | One of Joplin's most beautiful and haunting pieces, and his only tango. |
| Pleasant Moments (1909) | ||
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| 3 kb | Jeff Powell | Joplin's last waltz. |
| Country Club (1909) | ||
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| 4 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Euphonic Sounds (1909) | ||
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| 3 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Paragon Rag (1909) | ||
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| 3 kb | Jeff Powell | |
| Stoptime Rag (1910) | ||
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| 3 kb | Jeff Powell | Contains a third track for foot-stamping. |
| Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| Magnetic Rag (1914) | ||
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| 26 kb | Jeff Powell | Joplin's last completed work |
| Reflection Rag (1917) | ||
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| 3 kb | Jeff Powell | Published by John Stark after Joplin's death. |
| Silver Swan Rag (1971) | ||
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| 3 kb | Jeff Powell | This rag first appeared as a player piano roll about 1914. Curiously, it was never published or even copyrighted until 1971 when a copy of the roll was discovered. This arrangement follows the published score, which eliminates some of the embellishments found on the roll. |
| Swipesy (1900) | ||
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| Size | Created By: | Comments |
| 2 kb | Jeff Powell | With Arthur Marshall. This was Joplin's only work during 1900. |
| Sunflower Slow Drag (1901) | ||
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| 24 kb | Jeff Powell | Composed with Scott Hayden |
| Something Doing (1903) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | Composed with Scott Hayden |
| Lily Queen (1907) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | Composed with Arthur Marshall |
| Heliotrope Bouquet (1907) | ||
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| 3 kb | Jeff Powell | The first half of the piece is the only surviving example of Louis Chauvin's work. |
| Felicity Rag (1911) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | Composed with Scott Hayden |
| Kismet Rag (1913) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | Composed with Scott Hayden |
| The Rag-Time Dance (1902) | |
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| The original mini-performance piece on which the 1906 piano solo was based. | |
| MIDI File
Not finished yet |
Sheet Music
(583 kB, created by Jeff Powell) |
| Overture | ||
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| 10 kb | Jeff Powell | Quite simply the longest and most difficult MIDI file I have ever sequenced. |
| A Real Slow Drag (piano only) | ||
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| 4 kb | Jeff Powell | One of my favorites. It's too bad it doesn't get more exposure. |
| A Real Slow Drag (with Vocal Tracks) | ||
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| 5 kb | Jeff Powell | Click here for the lyrics |
| Paramount Rag | ||
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| 5 kb | Warren Trachtman | |
| Sensation (1908) | ||
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| 2 kb | Warren Trachtman | Arranged by Scott Joplin |
| Operatic Rag | ||
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| 4 kb | Unknown | |
| Hungarian Rag | ||
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| 2 kb | Unknown | |
| Angel Rag | ||
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| 5 kb | Unknown | Really Good! |
| Haunting Rag | ||
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| 6 kb | Unknown | |
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