Something Doing (1903) - Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden (With Score / Sheet Music)

Shortly following Joplin's first feud with publisher John Stark over a difference of opinion on the fate & end result of "The Ragtime Dance," Joplin had not only breached his "publisher's first pick/choice" contract between the firm by publishing "The Easy Winners" on his own, but he had also taken this collaborative rag to rival publisher Val A. Reis to be distributed. Hayden, still more his protégé than his partner, likely had little say in this matter.

Yet in contrast to these troubles, this rag in particular has come around to certainly reflect high spirits and joy. Being well organized thematically and very melodic throughout, Hayden's opening theme is both cheerful and stately, with some of the left hand rhythms broken up with moving octave patterns, also featuring a B section most typical of the best of classic rags at that time. While the bulk of the rag is Hayden's, the trio is likely by Joplin, who also influenced the D section with anticipatory syncopations, or chords played just ahead of and held over the bar line, providing a nice contrast in both feel and dynamics. The final section comes around to become more complex than the rest of the work, following the same "rip-roaring" intensity within Joplin's "Elite Syncopations." Yet nonetheless, it provides for a definitive finale to this sparkling work of syncopated rhythm.
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"Something Doing (Cake Walk, March)" - Classic Piano Rag / March - Pattern: Intro A A B B A Trio Trio D D
Music by Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden, Published by Val A. Reis Music Company in 1903
Cover Artist: F.G.K.

Music description provided & written by Bill Edwards, learn more about it here:
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Music performed by Guido Nielsen with his album "Scott Joplin: The Complete Works (Rags, Marches, Waltzes & Songs)"

℗ 2000 Basta Audio-Visuals
Producer: Piet Schreuders
Music Publisher: Basta Music
Performer: Guido Nielsen