Maple Leaf Rag
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"Maple Leaf Rag" is a landmark ragtime piano composition by Scott Joplin, renowned for its syncopated rhythms and major influence on early American popular music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maple Leaf Rag canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8674286 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maple Leaf Rag Context triple: [Piano Book, includesWork, Maple Leaf Rag]
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A.
Bugle Call Rag
"Bugle Call Rag" is a classic jazz and swing standard known for its fast tempo and virtuosic ensemble playing, popularized by bands such as the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
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B.
Tiger Rag
"Tiger Rag" is a virtuosic jazz piano showpiece famously interpreted by Art Tatum, showcasing his extraordinary speed, technique, and improvisational brilliance.
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C.
Twelfth Street Rag
"Twelfth Street Rag" is a classic early jazz and ragtime composition that became a popular standard, widely recorded and performed by many artists across the 20th century.
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D.
Nashville Skyline Rag
"Nashville Skyline Rag" is an instrumental country tune by Bob Dylan featured on his 1969 album *Nashville Skyline*.
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E.
Long Tall Sally
Long Tall Sally is a 1956 rock and roll song by Little Richard, celebrated for its frantic tempo, powerful vocals, and major influence on early rock music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maple Leaf Rag Target entity description: "Maple Leaf Rag" is a landmark ragtime piano composition by Scott Joplin, renowned for its syncopated rhythms and major influence on early American popular music.
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A.
Bugle Call Rag
"Bugle Call Rag" is a classic jazz and swing standard known for its fast tempo and virtuosic ensemble playing, popularized by bands such as the Benny Goodman Orchestra.
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B.
Tiger Rag
"Tiger Rag" is a virtuosic jazz piano showpiece famously interpreted by Art Tatum, showcasing his extraordinary speed, technique, and improvisational brilliance.
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C.
Twelfth Street Rag
"Twelfth Street Rag" is a classic early jazz and ragtime composition that became a popular standard, widely recorded and performed by many artists across the 20th century.
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D.
Nashville Skyline Rag
"Nashville Skyline Rag" is an instrumental country tune by Bob Dylan featured on his 1969 album *Nashville Skyline*.
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E.
Long Tall Sally
Long Tall Sally is a 1956 rock and roll song by Little Richard, celebrated for its frantic tempo, powerful vocals, and major influence on early rock music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
ⓘ
piano rag ⓘ ragtime piece ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Sedalia, Missouri ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maple Leaf Club
ⓘ
linked to:
Maple Leaf Cricket Club
|
| composer | Scott Joplin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalStatus |
frequently performed in classical piano recitals
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standard of the ragtime repertoire ⓘ widely used in film and television to evoke early 20th-century America ⓘ |
| dateOfCopyright | 1899 ⓘ |
| difficultyLevel | technically demanding for pianists ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century American music ⓘ |
| firstPopularization | sheet music sales ⓘ |
| firstRecordingDate | early 20th century ⓘ |
| form | multi-strain ragtime form ⓘ |
| genre | ragtime ⓘ |
| hasArrangement |
band arrangements
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orchestral arrangements ⓘ player piano rolls ⓘ |
| hasMelodicCharacteristic | syncopated right-hand melody over steady left-hand accompaniment ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicCharacteristic |
off-beat accents
ⓘ
ragged rhythm patterns ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
considered a landmark of ragtime music
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helped establish Scott Joplin’s reputation as the “King of Ragtime” ⓘ one of Scott Joplin’s most famous works ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of ragtime genre
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early American popular music ⓘ early jazz piano styles ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Scott Joplin’s ragtime oeuvre
ⓘ
linked to:
Missouri ragtime tradition
|
| key | A-flat major ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
stride-style left-hand patterns
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syncopated rhythms ⓘ use of repeated melodic motifs ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | Sedalia, Missouri ⓘ |
| publisher | John Stark & Son ⓘ |
| rightsStatus | public domain in the United States ⓘ |
| structure | intro and four strains ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | classic ragtime era ⓘ |
| tempoIndication | notated as a march tempo ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 2/4 ⓘ |
| titleType | descriptive title referencing a club name rather than the Canadian flag maple leaf ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceDuration | approximately three minutes ⓘ |
| yearOfPublication | 1899 ⓘ |
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Subject: Maple Leaf Rag Description of subject: "Maple Leaf Rag" is a landmark ragtime piano composition by Scott Joplin, renowned for its syncopated rhythms and major influence on early American popular music.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album “Piano Book”