"The Entertainer" is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin. One of the classics of ragtime, it returned to top international prominence as part of the ragtime revival in the 1970s, when it was used as the theme music for the 1973 Oscar-winning film The Sting. Composer and pianist Marvin Hamlisch's adaptation reached number three on the Billboard pop chart and spent a week at number one on the easy listening chart in 1974.[1] (Curiously, the film The Sting was set in the 1930s, a full generation after the end of ragtime's mainstream popularity.) In the June 7, 1903 St. Louis Globe-Democrat, contemporary composer Monroe H. Rosenfeld described "The Entertainer" as "the best and most euphonious" of Joplin's compositions to that point.
"It is a jingling work of a very original character, Embracing various strains of a retentive character which set the foot in spontaneous action and leave an indelible imprint on the tympanum."
Suggested by the rag's dedication to "James Brown and his Mandolin Club," author Rudi Blesh wrote that "some of the melodies recall the pluckings and the fast tremolos of the little steel-stringed plectrum instruments..." In fact, Stark issued an arrangement of the piece for two mandolins and a guitar. In the United States, "The Entertainer" is also commonly played by ice cream trucks, in order to attract attention.
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Because I have made this a site about guitars I would also like to not just promote great songs. But also promote great guitar songs and cover of great songs done on the guitar. And this song "The Entertainer" is on of those great songs that there are great covers of on the guitar.
One of the great covers on the guitar is done by Tommy Emmanuel. And you can watch a live performace done by him at the following link. Tommy Emmanuel - The Entertainer
So I would highly recommend that you watch that video of him. Enjoy you're stay here. Hope you will find more on here that you like. And don't forget to bookmark www.GreatGuitarSound.Blogspot.com there's always something here for you to find.
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