Elite Syncopations
Context
Rag from 1902, published in 1903 by John Stark & Son: it begins in F major and modulates to B-flat major at the trio. Joshua Rifkin recorded it for Nonesuch; it appears on side C of the double album "Piano Rags by Scott Joplin: Volumes I & II" (HB-73026), 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.