Waffles (Sheet Music)
This “lost” piece by ragtime great Joseph F. Lamb was likely written in the 1920s when Lamb composed a series of novelty piano solos for Mills Music, Inc. Sadly, these pieces were never published and, while there were originally as many as fifteen novelties, only a few of them have been found in recent decades. I discovered parts of “Waffles” in 2015 on reel-to-reel tape in an interview conducted by “Ragtime Bob” Darch and arranged it so that it was more musically complete. Max Keenlyside preceded to typeset the score so it looks beautiful, readable, and appropriate for the original period in which the piece was written. All things considered, I believe it now makes a worthy contribution to the Lamb legacy and repertoire.
This “lost” piece by ragtime great Joseph F. Lamb was likely written in the 1920s when Lamb composed a series of novelty piano solos for Mills Music, Inc. Sadly, these pieces were never published and, while there were originally as many as fifteen novelties, only a few of them have been found in recent decades. I discovered parts of “Waffles” in 2015 on reel-to-reel tape in an interview conducted by “Ragtime Bob” Darch and arranged it so that it was more musically complete. Max Keenlyside preceded to typeset the score so it looks beautiful, readable, and appropriate for the original period in which the piece was written. All things considered, I believe it now makes a worthy contribution to the Lamb legacy and repertoire.
This “lost” piece by ragtime great Joseph F. Lamb was likely written in the 1920s when Lamb composed a series of novelty piano solos for Mills Music, Inc. Sadly, these pieces were never published and, while there were originally as many as fifteen novelties, only a few of them have been found in recent decades. I discovered parts of “Waffles” in 2015 on reel-to-reel tape in an interview conducted by “Ragtime Bob” Darch and arranged it so that it was more musically complete. Max Keenlyside preceded to typeset the score so it looks beautiful, readable, and appropriate for the original period in which the piece was written. All things considered, I believe it now makes a worthy contribution to the Lamb legacy and repertoire.