| "Russian Rag" | |
|---|---|
 Cover of sheet music, published by Will Rossiter, Chicago | |
| Instrumental by Pietro Deiro | |
| Released | 1918 (1918) |
| Genre | Ragtime |
| Composer | George L. Cobb |
"Russian Rag" is a 1918 ragtime jazz piano composition by George L. Cobb.12 The composition was published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.1
The composition is based on the opening chord progression of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.3, No.2. The piece was such a hit that Cobb wrote The New Russian Rag in 1923 in an attempt to arrange more of the Rachmaninoff prelude for ragtime piano.34
Elena Kats-Chernin wrote another later piano composition entitled Russian Rag in 1996.56
References
References
- "Russian Rag by George L. Cobb (1918, Ragtime piano)". YouTube. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- "Russian Rag". National Jukebox. Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- Jasen, David A.; Trebor Jay Tichenor (1978). Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. p. 174. ISBN 0-486-25922-6.
- "The New Russian Rag". York Space. Canada: York University. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- "Russian Rag by Elena Kats-Chernin (original 2011 version)". YouTube. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- "Russian Rag (1996)". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 9 July 2020.