Searching for an Identity
Bordeaux: Ragtime for the Sympathetic Soul, Op.2 No.32
SM-000250973
- Alternative title
- Bordeaux: Ragtime pour l'âme Sympathique
- 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
- 4'23"
- Difficulty
- Very difficult
- Year of composition
- 2016
Description
This melody is the thirty-second destination in the collection of the series "Ragtime at the Red-Light District." This piece occurs at Bordeaux's Rue du Pont de la Mousque.
The main character in this piece is a 30-year old missionary who is a born-again virgin. This person was on vacation in France preaching the importance of proper sexual etiquette and held special classes of such matters at many places, including University Bordeaux 3 and even a lesson about the dangers of sex and alcohol during Vinexpo.
The main character was attending a Women's World Cup qualifier at Matmut Atlantique, where there were plenty of women, most in somewhat revealing attire. After watching the game, the main character began a power walk when he fell face-first at Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas. The main character awoke the bridge elevated as the person saw a vision of St. Justina of Padua, who urged and praised the main character for his attempt to become chaste.
The main character then hurried on his way to Rue du Pont, where many female workers sought to excite the person's desires. Instead, the main character did not want to give in temptation, so the person ushered St. John Paul II's quote: "Christ has assigned as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman." The women took notice struck by that comment but realized the main character was being noble. The main character stayed at the red-light district to pray for the women's dignities.
This piece has a format of 4AABBACC4DD4BB. Scott Joplin's "Easy Winners" and Robert Hampton's "Cataract Rag" were the basis for this piece. Hampton's influence comes during the third section and both 4-bar sections to and from the fourth section.