"Russian Rag" | |
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Instrumental by Pietro Deiro | |
Released | 1918 |
Genre | Ragtime |
Composer(s) | George L. Cobb |
"Russian Rag" is a 1918 ragtime jazz piano composition by George L. Cobb. [1] [2] 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. [3] [4]
Elena Kats-Chernin wrote another later piano composition entitled Russian Rag in 1996. [5] [6]