Antonio Martinez

Alternative title

Bremen: Ragtime für die Lehre Seele

Composer

Antonio Martinez

Publisher

Antonio Martinez

Genre

Jazz / Ragtime

Instrumentation

Piano

Scored for

Solo

Type of score

For a single performer

Key

F major

Duration

3'55"

Difficulty

Very difficult

Year of composition

2015

Description
This melody is the fourteenth destination in the collection of the series "Ragtime at the Red-Light District." This piece occurs at Bremen's Helenenstraße.

The main character in this rag was a 30-year old social studies college professor who is teaching sophomores during study abroad sessions in Germany. This person is a specialist in German culture and wanted to showcase Bremen's signature sights to the students.

The many moments the main character had taken the students into are somewhat rare and unique. For one, this person received exclusive access to visit famous Bremen Ratskeller and even conducted seminars along the river Weser. On a different day, this main character taught history of religion at both St. Peter's and Bremen Cathedrals as well as an 81-minute lecture on the history of German sports inside Weserstadion, the latter in which 3500 more residents attended.

Then, as dusk fell and nightfall came, the teacher was still not finished. There was time for the main character to conduct one last lecture, but this lecture went after the main character, and the students endured a 49-minute power walk. The walk ended at Helenestraße, and it was here that the main character taught the students to respect: respect for every person, regardless of occupation, and even if it involves the sex industry. The main character used more ample time to teach students on how to avoid trouble with the community and the law before sending the students off to conduct affairs with the local of Helenestraße.

This piece uses the format of 4AABB4CCAADD. Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" and Scott Joplin's "Leola" and "Magnetic Rag" were the basis for this piece. Bach's influence comes in the fourth section, while Joplin's comes in the first and third sections.

Upload date

01.04.2015