Antonio Martinez

Alternative title

Braunschweig: Ragtime für die Erfinde Seele

Composer

Antonio Martinez

Publisher

Antonio Martinez

Genre

Jazz / Ragtime

Instrumentation

Piano

Scored for

Solo

Type of score

For a single performer

Key

C major

Movement(s)

0 to 0 from 4

Duration

4'0"

Difficulty

Very difficult

Year of composition

2016

Description
This melody is the twenty-eighth destination in the collection of the series "Ragtime at the Red Light District." This piece occurs at Braunschweig's Bruchstraße.

The main character in this piece is a 25-year old amateur footballer playing for a fourth-tier Austrian football club. During the offseason, the main character keeps very active with a 49-minute jog inside Eintracht-Stadion. He continues his exercise by improvising make-shift marathons along some of Braunschweig's notable landmarks, including the Happy Rizzi House.

On the sixth day of his vacation, the main character finished attending the Braunschweig Classix Festival when he decided that his legs were ready for one final run before unwinding for the next three days. He decides to do a power walk toward Bruchstraße because he believed it would be the perfect place to relax for a few days.

As the person entered into the street's bright lights and busy workers, the main character caught the eye of one lovely black-haired maiden, of the exact age and proper stature. This woman was feeling despondent because no man respected or suitably pleased her. As she began to cry, the main character offered a dance for the woman. She accepted, and the two people enjoyed a memorable night and a few more days together, perhaps.

This piece has a format of 4AABB4CCDD4AA. Scott Joplin's "Strenuous Life" and Dmitri Kabalevsky's "Toccatina" were the basis for this piece, the latter whose influence comes during the two 4-bar passages (at the beginning and before the second playing of the first section).

Upload date

11.05.2016