Stravinsky’s Rag Time for Piano, Shortened Version

This piece is shortened version of the composer’s transcription for piano of his Rag Time for eleven instruments. There are several places in the original, which runs 12 pages in length, in which the harmonic motion leads to jumps that can be made in the score that are smooth and pleasing to my ear. These have been selected to retain my favorite portions of the piece. I’ve played the score as follows: play through 48, jump to measure 91, play through measure 106, jump to measure 117, play through measure 138, jump to measure 163, then play to the end. This may not be the easiest music to listen to, but it sure is fun to play!