Bethena
Context
"Bethena: A Concert Waltz" is a Joplin waltz dated 1905; Joshua Rifkin opens side D of the Nonesuch double album "Piano Rags by Scott Joplin: Volumes I & II" with it (5 min 16 sec), dated 1974 by Jazz Music Archives.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Ragtime. Among the origins and influences of Ragtime: Blues, spirituals, work songs.