Scott Joplin - Magnetic Rag free for downloading

It depends what fast is? Too fast or to slow is not right.

What a parting gift to the world! Thank you mr Joplin and mr rifkin and thank you for posting!

Nobody does Scott Jolpin like Joshua Rifkin. The best, bar none!

I had this album back in 70s. It got a lot of play. I have a CD now which includes my favorite "Bethena". If I recall correctly "Magnetic" was his final rag.

Joplin wrote this and performed it in 1914. It was his last composition. Audience reaction was mixed, to say the least. Laughter was part of it, as the audience mocked his efforts. Whether it was a Racial thing, I am unsure. The audience apparently disliked the Melancholy tone which crept into his later works (like this one). But Joplin broke down and cried, afterwards. He was unwell at the time, and died 3 years later. I actually learned about this in 1964, when taking piano lessons.

The genius that is Scott Joplin.

I listen to all styles of ragtime but always come back to Joplin and Rifkin. His articulation and tempi are second to none!

So many of his works have such a melancholy beauty and I find myself tearing up.

Love Joplin. And Rifkens renditions keep his music alive is such an amazing way like none other. This is my first time hearing this tune and it brought tears to my eyes can only imagine hearing Joplin play it