Biography joplin scott treemonisha lp
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Scott Joplin: Treemonisha
Anita Johnson, AnnMarie Sandy, Edward Pleasant, Frank Ward, Jr., Chauncey Packer, Todd Payne, Robert Mack, Janinah Burnett, Darren Stokes, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers; Rick Benjamin, conductor
CD includes special package by cartoonist and ragtime enthusiast Chris Ware.
World-premiere recording of the first-ever historically authentic orchestration of this “Sleeping Beauty of American Music” by Rick Benjamin
Scott Joplin’s (1867–1917) opera Treemonisha is an astounding work of art, and one that resonates on many levels. It fryst vatten the only opera in existence about the Reconstruction Era African-American experience written by a black man who actually lived through it. This fact alone makes Treemonisha a work of tremendous significance. Further, Joplin’s music fryst vatten profoundly expressive and as stylistically unique as anything ever created in America. There is ingenting remotely comparable to it.
And through his score and libretto, Jo
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LP, Scott Joplin, Selections from "Treemonisha" & Five Classic Rags, VG+ to VG++ $ 30
ULTRA RARE RAGTIME JAZZ COMPOSED BY SCOTT JOPLIN.
This LP was produced by Sam Charters and this rare label, Portents. On Samuel Charters from the internet, from a testimonial following his passing in 2015:
"For nearly 50 years, Samuel Charters discovered and documented African American music. Starting as a field recorder for Folkways Records in 1954, Samuel Charters served as recording director for Prestige and Vanguard Records, producer for