Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag

Dario Ronchi plays the Maple Leaf Rag to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Scott Joplin's death.
If you liked this video don't miss my latest performance: The Entertainer by Scott Joplin to the following link!

[Dario_Ronchi]

Hi everyone, if you liked this video don't miss my latest performance: The Entertainer by Scott Joplin to the following link!

[mountaineerdragger]

I'm a 70-year old fourth year piano student. Last week my piano teacher handed me my lesson book and said she had assigned a new piece to me, but she didn't want me to know what it was until I got home. This was it. I almost fainted when I saw the sheet music. I'm hammering it out (very slowly) and am enjoying the learning process. When I grow up, I want to play Maple Leaf Rag just like you do!

[gb-jgud]

Best performed/played version I have heard. It's so rare to find someone who can play it at the correct "marching" speed and not hammer away on a sprint. Your superb tempo ...with the high quality piano ...you can actually hear each note and its intensity and the pedal ..it seems to hang in the air long enough to hear and visualize each one. Bravo!

[annprice]

One of the best performances I’ve heard of this piece: no rushing, clean as a whistle, every note and color coming through. Bravo.

[hedgiegal]

Absolutely beautiful to see a concert pianist playing this. Scott Joplin was truly a genius.

[hedgewizard]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent. My mother is dead now, but I remember when I was growing up I would hear piano music in the middle of the night. I'd come upstairs to the music room. I'd see mom playing without any lights on in the room. She she was feeling sad or stressed, she'd play from memory songs that she had learned when she was younger. One of those was the Maple Leaf Rag.
I close my eyes as I listen to your performance and I can see her--fifty years ago. Memories are incredible things. Thank you for that memory.

[olddoggeleventy]

One of my all-time favorites. Not rushed as so many players do and the tone of the Steinway is magnificent. Thank you sir for your years of hard work and study as well as the talent to perform for us.

[MrAgent]

The notes are nice crisp and clear. An excellent performance.

[slifer]

I swear I heard this song randomly through my childhood. I don’t remember a single time I willingly chose to listen to this, yet I’ve heard it a million times. I didn’t even know the name of the song

[mrgrapefruit]

im 15 years old, and ive been learning this piece for about a week and just started the third second, im so excited to finish it and play it

[MsBiggles]

Perfect tempo. Brilliant. We can hear every note and every nuance of the dynamics. And it's a tempo you can march to and dance to, which was the intention of the ragtime. Most people just murder this piece by playing it far too fast. This was a breath of fresh air, so thank you.

[Dario_Ronchi]

Hello everyone,
today I would like to tell you why I played the Maple Leaf Rag at that speed of execution, also in order to clarify many contrasts of opinions I see among you. It is true, Joplin did not indicate, at the beginning of the score, the metronome beats number, but nevertheless we read "Tempo di marcia" (March Time). We understand that most of the marches in binary time (2/4, 4/4 etc) did not reach high execution speeds, but they were not even too slow. The second factor that convinced me not to go too fast were Scott Joplin's words used in his "School of Ragtime" method, that I would like to share with all of you: "We wish to say here, that the" Joplin ragtime " is destroyed by careless or imperfect rendering, and very often good players lose the effect entirely, by playing too fast
harmonized with the supposition that each note will be played as it is written, as it takes this and also the proper time divisions to complete the sense intended."

Hoping to have been useful I wish you a good listening!
Dario

[frithjof]

I am 16 years old an during quarantine i didn't know what to do so I played the piano for a very long time every day.
And now I am finally able to play this beautiful rag time.
I listen to this version of it to know how it should sound and I just love it.

[keve]

I have to agree with the others who have said this is the best rendition of Maple Leaf on YouTube.

[viccasaur]

Love Scott Joplin music, always makes me feel like I’m in a old western saloon.

[franciscomojica]

Extraordinary performance. I think you did great honor to Scott Joplin. You should feel proud of carrying this ragtime rhythm in your blood and passing it on to future generations. Congratulations!

[zuzannawisniewska]

Listening in May, 2023.. An excellent performance. Perfect. I love Scott Joplin.Great.

[robhughes]

I love the way this piece is played, I’m currently trying to learn it and always keep coming back to yours for reference, as it’s the best version on the net... sounds fantastic... thank you.

[Xdaa]

WE GETTING IN A ROBLOX LAWSUIT WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️

[nobodysbusiness]

I've heard several different people play Maple Leaf Rag on YouTube. So far this the best performance I've heard yet. I also appreciate the Steinway piano and high definition recording equipment you obviously use. Well done, sir.