Searching for an Identity
Brussels: Ragtime for the Youthful Soul, Op.2 No.3
SM-000067776
- Alternative title
- Bruxelles: Ragtime pour la Jeune Âme
- Composer
- Antonio Martinez
- Publisher
- Antonio Martinez
- Genre
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Jazz / Ragtime
- Instrumentation
- Piano
- Scored for
- Solo
- Type of score
- For a single performer
- Duration
- 3'32"
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Year of composition
- 2011
Description
This melody is the third destination in the collection of the series "Ragtime at the Red-Light District." This piece occurs at Brussels' Rue d’Aerschot.
The main character in this piece is a 27-year old amateur bicyclist that is in Europe for training. This person has aspirations to compete at the Tour de France and wanted to begin training in Belgium, as it would be where the cycling adventure commences in 36 days.
Before then, the main character biked across Brussels' many sites, including Rue de la Roi and Parc du Cinquantenaire. The main character even competed in a bicycling exhibit at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium and Stade Roi Baudouin, while even riding to deliver waffles, chocolate, and beer to workers near Brussels's Stock Exchange.
The main character decided to act more playful than ever as dusk turned into night, as the person remembered hearing a place many locals discussed: Rue d'Aerschot. The main character opted for a power walk and arrived euphorically. He joined many other amateur bicyclists, mingled with the many female workers of the area, and even offered a few rides to women as well.
This piece has a format of 4AABBA4CCDD. Scott Joplin's "Something Doing," "Elite Syncopations" and "Felicity Rag" were the basis for this piece, as well as "Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A Minor" from the second book of Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.