[Dixielandjazz] Rachmaninov prelude

[Don Kirkman]

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:08:03 +0100, John Farrell wrote:

>Dan Spink said :

>"I read a story  once of a well known ragtime performer playing
>Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C#
> Minor in ragtime"

>There is a well known ragtime piece entitled Russian Rag which is based on
>the Prelude. Written in 1918 by George L. Cobb it was a big hit for Joe
>Fingers Carr.

There is a less well known ragtime piece entitled Hungarian Rag by
Julius Lenzberg, copyright 1913 by Remick.  The sheet music doesn't
spell it out, but I assume it's based on the Hungarian rhapsodies.  Does
anybody know of recordings?
-- 
Don
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