William Bolcom - Complete Rags for Piano: Revised Edition

Bolcom is a master, blending classical technicality with the ragtime tradition. If you enjoy playing ragtime piano, this is a great collection to expand your technique and appreciation for what this musical genre is capable of. I highly, highly recommend.

I became interested in Bolcolm's Piano 'rags' by listening to the recording by John Murphy, and decided to get the score (Revised Edition). This is much more than a score; it contains a foreword by Bolcolm himself telling us the story of his ragtime pieces and his relationship with fellow musicians like Eubie Blake and William Albright. The book also contains some facsimiles of Bolcolm's handwritten scores, and includes two later ragtime pieces from 2008 and 2010. Edward Marks is a renowned music publisher, and the scores are well printed and readable. A recommended addition to the pianist's library, as Bolcolm's 'rags' are concert pieces worth to be studied and performed.

It will challenge the intermediate. It is for those that love rags because you have to stick to it to get it!

Guys....I'm an old ragtimer and this is the BEST CLASSICAL Ragtimeevery invented......difficult but the BEST.....Douglas Gunderson , viola pianoorgan, guitar, recorders and poet of SD CA

What can I say. These, along with those of the late Bill Albright, are some of the most creative modern rags. Some are very challenging but they are fun to play.

hard to find item, but priced affordably and got here quickly; thanks!

Such a great deal.....at half the retail price! I ordered one copy for a student and one for me.Both arrived within 2 weeks.

This is a collection of piano rags -- some difficult -- that date back to the 1970s. Even though they were written long after the Great Ragtime Piano Era they still stand up to the classic rags published by John Stark: Joplin, Scott and Lamb.

I'm amazed at the incredible amount of pieces that are available in this book!PROS:- this book has A LOT of great rags and compositions by William Bolcom- great music, fun to learn, plus there is some nice little artwork here and there in the book- nicely designedCONS:- It would be nice if the book came with some recordings that you could listen to online! But I'm sure you can find versions of all of these pieces on YouTube.