”Swipesy” Scott Joplin
I love this one. You know I like to use the Classical Guitar in different kind of music. In my post ”All my Classical Guitar pieces in one place, growing”
this one will be the 49th recording with Classical Guitar
Notice: I especially like the latter half of the piece where I got the guitar to be heard very clearly in front of the accompaniment.
Here are two different versions of how the song got its name:
1)
A popular legend says that the title was suggested by John Stillwell Stark, one of Joplin's original publishers, when "Swipesy" was first being considered for publication. The photograph which was to appear on the cover of the new (and unnamed) composition featured a young Sedalia newsboy with a shy expression on his face. Stark allegedly remarked that the boy's countenance seemed to suggest that he had just "swiped" something from a cookie jar. "Lets call [the tune] 'Swipesy'," said Stark, and thus the title was decided.
2)
Marshall gave another explanation of the title's origin during a 1960 interview: he and Joplin had just delivered the music to Stark's office when two newspaper boys began quarreling outside, one swiped a newspaper from the other, and Stark, upon observing this, suggested that they name the work ”Swipesy” (Wikipedia)
All the best, everyone
Stig
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