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Matthew Davidson

Three Elusive Rags

Three Elusive Rags

Piano

Program Note from the composer

Mystery Rag (1989) is a melange of Mahler's symphonies (in particular, his Symphony No. 6) and piano ragtime.

In Elegiac Rag (1989) the melodies are influenced by a Bach chorale (In Thee is Joy) and it concludes with a transcription of a Welsh hymn tune, O Fryniau Caersalem ("From Salem's Hills Yonder in Glory') originally sung by Pedwarawd Wilkes-Barre, a Welsh choir from Pennsylvania in the 1920s. It appeared on a 1985 Morning Star Records release entitled You Can Tell The World About This.

The last piece in this tryptich, Transylvanian Tickler (1990) is a shameless pastiche of Bartok in ragtime.

Movements: 1. Mystery Rag 2. Elegaic Rag 3. Transylvanian Tickler

Authored (or revised): 1990

Published: 2026

Duration (minutes): 10

First performance: U of Illinois Champaign Urbana, Smith Recital Hall, 1991, composer at piano / 25 Sep 1991 Performed by Anthony De Mare at Tyron Theater, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

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