First off, I *think* Max Morath is still at it. Last time I heard him play, in person, was around 1998 at the Tom Turpin Ragtime Festival, in Savannah, GA. The speed at which ragtime is played is of continual debate. The best example of the expression and variety in interpretation that I've heard is a 4 CD set of "complete" Joplin (including Treemonisha) by Dick Zimmerman. BTW when Dick plays you'd swear he has four hands. And folks, it's not just the recording, I've heard and seen him perform in person. I think the idea of high speed ragtime came with "outdoing" the previous player. And....at least "The Sting" opened the ragtime door for this generation. Debbie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060403/bddcb877/attachment.html
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