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"Original Rags" (copyrighted March 15, 1899) was an early ragtime medley for piano. It was the first of Scott Joplin's rags to appear in print, in early 1899, preceding his "Maple Leaf Rag" by half a year. == Publication history == The tune's copyright was registered on March 15, 1899,〔 and it was first published by Carl Hoffman of Kansas City, Missouri.〔Jasen, David A. (ed) Scott Joplin: Complete Piano Rags. 1988. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. pp. 1-2.〕 The original cover page showed an old man picking up rags in front of a ramshackle cabin, and has been interpreted as a double pun, first on the activities of a rag (or junk) picker, and second on a slang term for ragtime, "picking the piano". 〔Rudi Blesh, "Scott Joplin: Black-American Classicist", ''Introduction to Scott Joplin Complete Piano Works'', New York Public Library, 1981, p. xx.〕 The rag was given the following credits: :::Picked By Scott Joplin :::Arranged By Chas. N. Daniels. It is not known whether Charles N. Daniels actually arranged the piece, or merely transcribed it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BigBands Database )〕 Joplin biographer Rudi Blesh thought it more likely that the credit to Daniels was the publisher's way of acknowledging his help in recommending the piece for publication; Blesh wrote that the music was "unmistakably Joplin" in style.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Original Rags」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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