Music Appreciation

alfredo

(60,074 posts) Mon Mar 3, 2014, 02:05 PM Mar 2014

Research success. My great uncle was a musician, teacher, composer, band leader, and publisher.

Some of his music was written under the name Mark Janza. One piece was hard to find. Searches for "Bale O' Cotton" were unsuccessful. What was missing was the word "Rag." My sister put in the correct term and found the sheet music. A small piece of the music is obscured, but a good musician could figure out the missing notes.

Here is the link from Mississippi State:

http://digital.library.msstate.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/SheetMusic/id/36216/rec/1

I'm hoping to hear this piece some day.

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Research success. My great uncle was a musician, teacher, composer, band leader, and publisher. (Original Post) alfredo Mar 2014 OP

Lion Tamer Rag Downwinder Mar 2014 #1

Thanks. That is a favorite at Ragtime competitions. alfredo Mar 2014 #2

Downwinder

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1. Lion Tamer Rag

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 02:23 PM

Mar 2014

alfredo

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2. Thanks. That is a favorite at Ragtime competitions.

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 3, 2014, 02:51 PM

Mar 2014

His works are not for beginners.

Some musicologist found that the publisher Albert F Marzian wrote ragtimes under the name Mark Janza. Maybe he just wanted it to appear he had clients for his publishing company, or it might have seemed unseemly for an early 20th century music teacher and church organist to write/play ragtime.

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