Searchlight Rag
| Searchlight Rag | |
|---|---|
| by Scott Joplin | |
 1907 frontal cover of the sheet music. | |
| Genre | Ragtime |
| Form | A Syncopated March and Two Step |
| Published | 1907 |
| Publisher | Joseph W.Stern & Co |
The "Searchlight Rag" is a ragtime composition by Scott Joplin, first published in 1907. It was named after the town of Searchlight, Nevada, where his friends had gone prospecting, inspiring the title.[1]
History
In 1907, the "Searchlight Rag" by Scott Joplin was published. In the early 1890s, Joplin's friends, the brothers Tom and Charles Turpin, had done prospecting in the Searchlight, Nevada area. The brothers' frequent stories of this experience, recounted to the patrons of their bar, inspired the title of the rag.[1]
Musical structure
- Intro A A B B A C C D D[2]
Publication history
The copyright was registered August 12, 1907 to Joseph W. Stern and Company of New York.[2]
Like most Joplin compositions, "Searchlight Rag" was still under copyright during the ragtime revival of the 1970s, and the holder of copyrights for this piece, "Fig Leaf Rag" and "Rose Leaf Rag" withheld permission for their inclusion in the definitive New York Public Library edition of Joplin's works[3] and other collections.
In popular culture
The "Searchlight Rag" was used as "Ragtime Style" music in
See also
References
- ^ a b Edwards, Bill. "Rags and Pieces by Scott Joplin (1906-1917)". RAGPIANO. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ ISBN 0-486-25922-6.
- ^ Scott Joplin: Collected Piano Works, Vera Brodsky Lawrence, ed., The New York Public Library, 1971, p. xi
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