Keane Southard
Tidal Wave Rag For Piano
(2004) (Duration: c. 4 mins.)
Program notes: Tidal Wave Rag is one of my earliest pieces and the earliest that I am still proud of enough to show people. I fell in love with ragtime and Scott Joplin's music in particular when I was in middle school. I was surprised that my piano teacher let me learn this music as it wasn't “classical� and was really fun to play. My mother then bought me two collections of Joplin's music and I spent countless hours reading through them. When I started composing, I tried my hand at writing a rag in the style of Joplin and I composed the first strain while I was a 13-year-old in the 8th grade. I composed the rest while in high school and completed it in 2004. This piece was originally engraved in the first notation software I ever had (Cakewalk Score Writer which I bought for $20 while in middle school) which I no longer can find. I still think this is one of my best early works and an enjoyable rag, but I realized recently that I couldn't find any copies of the work, neither digital or hard copies. I figured I should make a new edition of it while I still had it in my memory (both within my fingers and mind.) This Sibelius-engraved edition was created in 2015, and the details are most certainly not exactly the same as when I first notated it, although I tried my best to remember them. Keane Southard 2015
Performance instructions: 1. Unless otherwise indicated, the damper pedal should be used discreetly to allow for maximum clarity. Keane Southard/Spindrift Pages Email: keane.southard@hotmail.com Website: keanesouthard.instantencore.com
Tidal Wave Rag Keane Southard
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