when did the maple leaf rag come out
Watch the video, get the download or listen to Scott Joplin â Maple Leaf Rag for free. Maple Leaf Rag appears on the album Piano Rags. Maple Leaf Rag is a multi-strain ragtime march with athletic bass lines and upbeat melodies. Each of the four parts features a recurring theme and a striding bass line with copious seventh chords. Published in 1899, Maple Leaf Rag was not an immediate hit. It wasn't until 1907 that two recorded versions of it sold a modest number of copiesâone by the U.S. Marine Band and the other by Vess L. Ossman. Scott Joplin himself never recorded Maple Leafâ¦ read more.