70 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Ragtime"

Sunflower Slow Drag is a ragtime composition by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden, performed as a wind band arrangement of a piano original. Recorded between May 23 and 27, 1994 by the United States Marine Corps Band at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia.

A recording of Pleasant Moments, a Ragtime Waltz recorded on Piano Roll by Scott Joplin in April 1916, and thought lost until discovered by User:PlayerRoll in 2006. It has been scanned and recorded on a Grand Piano as an MP3. The recording is public domain as it was originally made before 1923 in the USA. The MP3 was converted into OggVorbis by Major Bloodnok.

Ted Snyder's "Ramshackle Rag" played by Arthur Pryor's Band, in an arrangement by William Schulz. This is Victor Record 17021, Matrix B-11233, and was recorded 15 November 1911 (Full details)

Sunflower Slow Drag is a ragtime composition by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden, performed as a wind band arrangement of a piano original. Recorded between May 23 and 27, 1994 by the United States Marine Corps Band at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Louis Chauvin and Scott Joplin's "Heliotrope Bouquet" (1907), performed by John Robson ca. 2007.

That Mysterious Rag by Irving Berlin and Ted Snyder. Composed in 1911, and performed in that year by the Premier Quartette, also known as the American Quartet. Edison Standard Record #10539.

A song written by James Europe and Noble Sissle, with vocals by Noble Sissle. Recorded around March 14, 1919. Converted (lossy) to Ogg Vorbis from RealAudio. See redhotjazz.com for the RealAudio version.

Vess L. Ossman's performance of Tom Turpin's "The Buffalo Rag" (1904). Recorded January 26, 1906. This is Victor Record 16779, Matrix B-3049. (Full details) Sheet music is available at The Library of Congress

Elite Syncopations by Scott Joplin. MIDI file by Mutopia Project was based on reproduction of the originally published sheet music whose copyright has expired, and has been released to public domain as well.

Sample of h-tonk, a tack piano that reproduces the altered version of ordinary upright piano with thumb-tacks on the hammers.

Magnetic Rag by Scott Joplin. MIDI file by Mutopia Project was based on reproduction of the originally published sheet music whose copyright has expired, and has been released to public domain as well. This file was rendered using GMGSx SoundFont; the only change being tempo increase.

This is considered the first Jazz recording. "This tune was issued on an Edison Blue Amberol wax cylinder in April of 1917 and on an Edison record in July of that year." Jazz band

The Entertainer by Scott Joplin recorded live by User:IE in September 2007, without a metronome. Keyboard used: Casio WK-3300 electronic keyboard Conversion to Ogg Vorbis format: Amadeus software

The Laverne Waltz Caprice, composed and played by alto saxist H. Benne Henton. It was published in 1911 and recorded by the Victor Talking Machine Company by March 1912. Das Laverne Walzer Capriccio, komponiert und eingespielt vom Altsaxophonisten H. Benne Henton. Es wurde 1911 veröffentlicht und im März 1912 für die Victor Talking Machine Company aufgenommen.

Chord progression (half note open guitar chords) for the widely recorded ragtime influenced song written in 1923 by Jimmy Cox, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out". It features chromaticism through chains of secondary dominants (III = V/V/V/V = V/vi, VI = V/V/V = V/ii, II = V/V, and V) and a secondary diminished seventh chord (viio7/V=♯IVo7).

This is a recording of Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" rag, which was composed in 1902. This performance was created by Adam Cuerden, a Wikipedian, and found at http://adamcuerden.deviantart.com/gallery/. The MP3 file was then converted to OGG by Major Bloodnok and subsequently uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. The recording, plus other source files (such as Midi) can be found at the URL http://adamcuerden.deviantart.com/#/d48wa4r.

A 1906 recording of American composer Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag (1899) played by the United States Marine Band. This is one of the earliest known recordings of this work by Joplin (according to a discography of 78rpm recordings of Joplin works compiled by David A Jasen in "Scott Joplin - Collected Piano Works" 1981). Converted from MP3 to Ogg Vorbis with a slight trim of the beginning and end by Major Bloodnok. The discography of Joplin's work on 78 rpm records compiled by David A Jasen in "Complete works of Scott Joplin" indicates this is the third known recording of the Maple Leaf Rag. Edward A Berlin's book "King of Ragtime" in a note on p310 indicates that the recording of 1902 listed by Jasen is not infact the work by Joplin, making the 1906 recording the second existing record. Edwards's web-page and this page demonstrate that there are no known existing copies of the 1903 cylinder recording by Wilbur Sweatman and His Band.

Das Laverne Walzer Capriccio, komponiert und eingespielt vom Altsaxophonisten H. Benne Henton. Es wurde 1911 veröffentlicht und im März 1912 für die Victor Talking Machine Company aufgenommen. The Laverne Waltz Caprice, composed and played by alto saxist H. Benne Henton. It was published in 1911 and recorded by the Victor Talking Machine Company by March 1912. Laverne Waltz Caprice, composé et interprété par le saxophoniste alto H. Benne Henton. Ce morceau fut publié en 1911 et enregistré par la Victor Talking Machine Company en mars 1912.

Piano Roll recording of Scott Joplin playing "Maple Leaf Rag" in 1916. The original Piano Roll had been scanned and converted to a MIDI file by PlayerRoll, but the work remains in the public domain. This is one of a number of rare recordings by Joplin. It also demonstrates the deterioration of his health, specifically its impact on his piano playing. Midi conversion by PlayerRoll, and found at: http://www.pianola.co.nz. Re-recorded as audio by Major Bloodnok using Cubase with a different piano sound. Slight echo added.

Piano Roll recording of Scott Joplin playing "Maple Leaf Rag" in 1916. Midi conversion by PlayerRoll, and found at: http://www.pianola.co.nz. Re-recorded as audio by Major Bloodnok using Cubase. The original Piano Roll had been scanned and converted to a MIDI file by PlayerRoll, but the work remains in the public domain. This is one of a number of rare recordings by Joplin. It also demonstrates the deterioration of his health, specifically its impact on his piano playing. Original UniRecord, 1916. Maple Leaf Rag published 1899. Українська: Скотт Джоплін грає композицію реґтайму «Maple Leaf Rag» у 1916 році.