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Sunflower Slow Drag

{{Short description|Ragtime composition by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox musical composition

|name=Sunflower Slow Drag

|image=SunflowerSlowDragJoplinCover.jpg

|composer=Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden

|published={{startdate|1901}}

|form=Rag Time Two Step

|misc=Instrument: Piano Solo

|genre=Ragtime

|publisher=John Stark & Son}}{{listen|title=Sunflower Slow Drag|filename=Scott Joplin's "Sunflower Slow Drag" performed by the United States Marine Band.oga|description=A wind band arrangement of a piano original performed in 1994 by the United States Marine Corps Band

|pos=right

}}

"Sunflower Slow Drag" is a ragtime composition by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden. It is about four minutes long and has been described as "full of gaiety and sunshine".{{cite web|url=http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/14232.html#about|accessdate=2013-02-17|title=Classical Archives}}

Musical structure

:Intro A A B B A Trio-Intro C C D D

While Joplin's name was given top billing, Jasen and Tichenor assert that everything except the trio was primarily Hayden's work. The trio, attributed to Joplin, is distinguished by its softer dynamics, pentatonic emphasis, and broader range.

Publication history

The copyright was registered March 18, 1901. The piece was originally published by John Stillwell Stark, who advertised it as "the twin sister of Maple Leaf". Stark also reported that the trio was written during Joplin's courtship of Belle Hayden, his first wife, who was also Scott Hayden's sister-in-law,{{cite book

|last=Jasen

|first=David A.

|author2=Trebor Jay Tichenor

|title=Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History

|publisher=Dover Publications, Inc.

|year=1978

|location=New York, NY

|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ragsragtimemusic00jasen/page/104 104–105]

|isbn=0-486-25922-6

|url-access=registration

|url=https://archive.org/details/ragsragtimemusic00jasen/page/104

}} his brother's widow.

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=465 Sheet music and midi from Mutopia]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWFrTsQMxS8 YouTube video of "Sunflower Slow Drag" being played]
  • {{IMSLP|id=Joplin, Scott}}

{{Scott Joplin}}

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Category:1901 compositions

Category:Rags by Scott Joplin

Category:Compositions for solo piano

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