After the initial success of the Maple Leaf Rag which was named for a short lived club in Sedalia, the small town near St Louis Missouri where he had settled down, Scott Joplin followed up with a whole range of plant names for his pieces and some more leaves.
Included in our collection are the Rose Leaf Rag and more humorously the Fig Leaf Rag which is today's streaming sample. Joplin seems to have set the tone for Ragtime music and the use of eccentric titles because many of his successors also adopted peculiar titles - perhaps it was just a necessary part of the marketing mix for sheet music sales.
Included in our collection are the Rose Leaf Rag and more humorously the Fig Leaf Rag which is today's streaming sample. Joplin seems to have set the tone for Ragtime music and the use of eccentric titles because many of his successors also adopted peculiar titles - perhaps it was just a necessary part of the marketing mix for sheet music sales.