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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1973)
nebras!co enter toinmom doiu i w m 4. . - I,.-,- fir- "" " "IMM'"" Rflcn concert to ncude Jop7i's pano rags I IfffW'l Wwffwv :t Wrrt of his talents soon spread j iShiid Rifkin ha bei.n described by Alan Rich of the New Yorker magazine as "thst rare combination of bi Jiny scholar and lively performer." he university community will have the opportunity to judqc Rifkin's talents in person today and Thursday. Wm'e on campus, Rifkin will perform the piano rags made famous by raghnu master fccott Joplin. , . Rifkin is projably best known for nis work in reviving raqtiiu' music. He has made two albums. Plana Rags By Scott Joplin Vol. 1 arc! 2, which together have sold over a quarter of a million copies Since they were released they have ocen on Billboard machine's classical LP bestseller list. Rifkin's 'mane has been further strengthened by concerts as a performer of jaz and r; g music. Many people are familiar with Rifkin because ot other contributions he has made to music. Last year he was a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. He has a reputation as a mu'ic historian and scholar specializing in the Renaissance and baroque periods. Rifkin's recording debut was with Elektra Records as a member of The Even Dozen Jug Band. Some of his other recordings for Elektra include The Baroque Beatles Book and his accompaniment of Judy Collins. Part of his other experience in the recording indust.y has been with Nonesuch Records as their musical director. Rifkin was bom in New York City in 19-K anc; a ,nrlv imprest in music. This youthful sign of tairnt was further p-couraged by his teachers. By the pg" of 10, Rifkin hed already begun to play ragtime nd classical jazi. His first encounter with Joplin' s ragtime music was at the age of 11, and he has been fascinated with it ever since. Before he was 13 Rifkin's prowess on the piano had won him the admiration of many of the survivors of the early iazz world of New Orleans and Chicago. He is on the faculty of Brande.s University. Besides his teaching duties and his concert tour this ycV '"he hopes to be able to study the music manuscripts in the Vatican Library. The ragtime music which Rifkin has studied ucramt- cie in America in the 1890s. It evolved from many musical origins: marching band music, European-American dances such as the polka sentimental songs, salon music and rhythmic b ack music. Tho style was popularized by travel. ng btacK pifnisf; in the Midwest. The Midwest in the 1890s was still a frontier environment, and it provided these ragtime pioneers with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in such places as saloons and red light districts. It also gave these pianists the vehicle to elevate then rags to serious music. No one did more to make ragtime an art form than Scott Joplin. . nffl .... Joplin was born in Texarkana. Texas, in 1oG8. H s father bought an old piano and Joplin taught himself fai jjj2J fiUI mtmjm ' mil JJ'UWH'T'T ?f " in. ... WW! JM, - T2SIPLAZA A K DAILY of 1:00, 3:00 5:00, 7:00 & 9.08 P.M. PLAZA 14TK WEEK c n i ! 1 1 a y 4 - .. a i f r - j ', M f i E 3 t or --f U I a ..... Sis! o I lit! i t i h hiif nil i: LSMCOLI is having a love affair with Audiences are standing up and applauding... mn n 7 1;-, ft j spread to the and an .5 Ger.an music teacher made him his pupd. When he was in his teens, Joplin left home to make his name in music. During the next ten years he traveled around the Midwest playing m many groups. During this time he wrote his first conipos.t.ons. Joplin finally settled in Sedalia, Mo. and began to study music at George Smith College. While n school he translated ragtime music into musical notation His composition Maple Leaf Rag achieved instant popularity in Sedalia, but no one wanted to publish it 3tf Music publisher Joseph Stark finally agreed to publish the Maple Leaf Rag. Joplin once had told a friend of his that the Maple Leaf Rag would make him the king of ragtime composers. He was right. Soon after the piece was published, it and Joplin became as popular nationwide as they had been in Sedalia. Rifkin will be playing Joplin s piano rags in an informal session tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Abel Lounge, This session is free and open to the public. Rifkin's second session will be a concert in Kimball Recital Hall Thursday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $1 and are available at the Union South Desk and Westbrook Music Building. Rifkin s visit is being sponsered by the Nebraska Union Performing Fine Arts Committee. Cather concert tickets on sale Tickets for the Menuhin family concert December 7 in honor of Willa Cather's birthday will go on sale Thursday at Westbrook Music Bldg. Student tickets are $3. 12th & P STS- 477-1234 7 -.-rr, ' .. ,,mamMumu As! tig iiir riWuf'iwi JMiJl!T 1 "'V JM. 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