"Wall Street Rag" is a ragtime composition by Scott Joplin, first published in 1909. As indicated by the title, the theme is based on Wall Street following the events surrounding the Panic of 1907. This is represented in the musical structure along with its corresponding annotations.[1]
Wall Street Rag
by Scott Joplin
The 1909 frontal cover of the sheet music looks down towards Trinity Church, and the dark-suited crowd in front of the Stock Exchange.
Unlike most of his rags during this time, this composition is based on a major historical event and features footnotes unique to the theme of this piece. Moreover, this arrangement uses a “Very Slow March Time” rather than the “Slow March Time” used in his other compositions.[citation needed] The rag’s opening section begins with notes of Panic in Wall Street, Brokers feeling melancholy, representing the first phase of the recession. The next section of the rag moves from a Chopinesque chromatic style to the right-hand chords and bass octaves of Good times have come, providing an atmosphere of hope within the crisis. The rag finally closes with financial worries chased away during economic revitalization while folks Listening to the strains of genuine negro ragtime, brokers forget their cares.
Legacyedit
Ragtime scholar John E. Roache praised "Wall Street Rag", calling it "ragtime taken to a higher level."[3]
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