The Buffalo Rag (1904)
Last updated: 24.01.24
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Composer: T.M. Turpin Suppliers: dbe15.gif
Editor: Geoff Grainger Sextet A/T/T/B/B/GB(B)
Publisher: Ditty Box Enterprises Publication: DBE 476
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Length: approx. 2& frac14; mins.
The Buffalo Rag is an easy going jog along piece of fun. The melody is shared by the first two voices and occasionally flows between them whilst the rhythm section "thumps" away with plenty of "chordy" passages demanding very accurate tonguing. The original was published for band, orchestra, mandolins and guitars, there were therefore no qualms in selecting this piece for recorder adaptation. It would be intriguing to know how The Buffalo Rag got its title as there appears to be nothing in the music that is buffalo like. Was it named after Buffalo City, NY or the beast itself? The answer to this conundrum lies lost almost 100 years back in the beginnings of ragtime history.
The Buffalo Rag was published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
A tempo of 90 crotchets/min. is suggested.
  Composer Sequencer
     
audiomidi15.gif T.M. Turpin Sakae Watanabe
  Composer Performer Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif T.M. Turpin Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/B/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
cd15.gif Ton Van Bergeyk Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Mimi Blais Old Rags New Rags flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif "Perfessor" Bill Edwards Syncopated Safari
cd15.gif Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra It's a Bear flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists From Cake-Walk To Ragtime 1898-1916 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists From Ragtime to Jazz Vol. 3: 1902-1923 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Gold Collection flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Kings of Ragtime flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Ragtime 1900-1930 flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif  Various Artists The Roots of Rag-Time CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists That Devilin' Tune CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Miguel Pineda-Van Gelder A Ragtime Feast: Forgotten Rags flag15us.gif flag15de.gif
cd15.gif Ralph Press The Great American Ragtime Revival/with Sound Effects CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Buffalo Rag (1904), The T.M. Turpin (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif