Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Maple Leaf Rag)

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Maple Leaf Rag (1899)

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Rank	889

Music	Scott Joplin

Lyrics	Sydney Brown

Note: After obtaining the publishing rights to “Maple Leaf Rag,” Stark Publishing Company commissioned Sydney Brown to write lyrics for Joplin’s music (1903). In 1950 the music was released with revisions and new lyrics, by Jule Styne and Bob Russell.

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Additional information for "Maple Leaf Rag" may be found in:


Alan Lewens Popular Song: Soundtrack of the Century Watson-Guptill Publications Paperback: 192 pages (1 page including the following types of information: history, performers, style discussion and song writer discussion.)


Henry Martin Enjoying Jazz Schirmer Books Paperback: 302 pages (6 paragraphs including the following types of information: music analysis.)


David Ewen All the Years of American Popular Music Prentice Hall Trade Hardcover: 850 pages (1 paragraph including the following types of information: history.)

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Sydney Brown and Scott Joplin
Year	Rank	Title
1899	889	“Maple Leaf Rag”