Searching for an Identity
Oberhausen: Ragtime for the Voluptuous Soul, Op.2 No.20
SM-000235869
- Alternative title
- Oberhausen: Ragtime für die Wollüstige Seele
- 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
- 4'11"
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Year of composition
- 2015
Description
This is the twentieth destination in the collection of th series "Ragtime at the Red Light District." This piece is set at Oberhausen's Flaßhofstraße.
The main character in this piece is a 28-year old newspaper columnist that specializes in giving romantic advice. For seven years, this person has offered successful advice to many people and at times even succeeded in helping people find their soulmates, sometimes amidst difficult circumstances. That success included helping a 28-year old widower and a 41-year old widow, both avid octopus lovers, rekindle their passion at Oberhausen's Sea Life Center. The main character also handled a trickier situation when he convinced a gentleman to forgive his cheating girlfriend during a live audience inside König-Pilsener-Arena.
The main character was in attendance inside Stadion Niederrhein, where he convinced over 500 men to find a special woman to marry during a second-division Bundesliga match. Following that game, the main character decided to unwind for the rest of the day by enjoying a power walk. As the power walk continues, the main character, carrying a black briefcase, contemplated that despite helping people find love, the main character had zero interest in finding love every. Even after arriving, the main character saw nearly 20 burly men attempt to impress the female workers at Flaßhofstraße.
These women, regarded by most citizens as the town's busiest and bustiest, never seemed impressed at the burly men. Instead, the women saw their interest in another person and that was the main character. So the women asked the main character what was in the briefcase and the main character showed the women manuscript paper and three pencils. So the main character found a heavily-used piano inside a club and performed the improvisation of melodies. By the end of the night, the main character became enthralled with the women and had found new friends. .
This piece has a format of 4AABB4CCDD4AA8. Scott Joplin's "Magnetic Rag" was the basis for this piece, as evident during the first section of this piece.