{"product_id":"chauvin-nonken-syncopated-musings","title":"Marilyn Nonken: Syncopated Musings - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSyncopated Musings\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMarilyn Nonken\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eDivine Art\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e809730522024\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical, Ragtime\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2022-02-11\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Since the rediscovery of Scott Joplin's ragtime genius in the 1970s his music has been an important part of the popular\/light classical repertoire. Yet though he called himself with some justification \"The King of Ragtime Writers\" he was not a brilliant pianist; he was actually a trained violinist and cornet player and was lead singer of the Texas Medley Quartette. This wide experience helped to make his piano rags full of interest. All the same, most recordings concentrate on the most familiar works and ignore the many other superb pieces in Joplin's substantial output. This new album from New York pianist Marilyn Nonken (Professor of Music at New York University's Steinhardt School) includes some well-known works and some rarities. Rags, concert waltzes and other novelty pieces show brilliance and a well-honed craft. Joplin is perhaps the best known of the ragtime piano circle, but he was part of a community of composers. Many of whom had short and tragic lives of poverty and ill health. While composing few works that have survived, the four represented here all collaborated with Joplin as joint composers: Louis Chauvin (1882-1908); Scott Hayden (1882-1915), Arthur Marshall (1881-1968) and the odd man out, the white composer Joseph Lamb (1887-1960) of whose work Joplin said 'That sounds like a good colored rag!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Heliotrope Bouquet - a Slow Drag Two Step \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Sensation \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Eugenia \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Stoptime Rag \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Magnetic Rag \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Sun Flower Slow Drag - a Rag Time Two Step \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Something Doing - a Ragtime Two Step \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Felicity Rag - a Rag Time Two Step \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Kismet Rag \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Swipesy - Cake Walk \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Lily Queen - a Rag Time Two Step \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Binks' Waltz \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Bethena - a Concert Waltz \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Pleasant Moments - Ragtime Waltz \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Antoinette - March and Two-Step \u003cbr\u003e1.16 Solace - a Mexican Serenade \u003cbr\u003e1.17 Reflection Rag - Syncopated Musings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/213211235\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Marilyn Nonken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39603799916615,"sku":"42363651","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4046093-2788644.jpg?v=1711754079","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/chauvin-nonken-syncopated-musings","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}