Purchasing information Notice for leaders/bass players
Length: approx. 3¼ mins. Sounds best with the 1st tenor doubled.
Razzle Dazzle, a popular title, is a jolly and dare it be said dazzling rag having a form of AABBACCB with a 4-bar introduction. The keys used are C and F-major for the AABBA- and CCB-strains respectively. Other pieces of the same name include
Razzle Dazzle (1905), a two-step by
Alma Smith and
Lilburn Kingsbury and
Razzle-Dazzle (1919), a one step by
Julius Lenzberg, The cover of the original sheet music for this particular piece shows a fairground switchback which complements the spirit of the composition.
Razzle Dazzle was published by
Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.
A tempo of 80 crotchets/min. is suggested.