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Haunted Castle Rag

Another little ragtime piece, this one is modelled more on the novelty ragtime of people like Zez Confrey, Arthur Schutt, and Rube Bloom than on the "classic" ragtime of Joplin, Joseph Lamb, and James Scott.  Any comments or feedback would, as always

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Earl Grey Rag

Greetings, everyone.  I've hardly composed anything for months, but the other day I sat down with a cup of tea and wrote this little ragtime piece, which I've named for the beverage I was enjoying.  Any thoughts or feedback would be welcome.

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Air from an orchestral suite

I wrote this air last week for an orchestral suite I've been working on.  I'll post the whole suite for critique when it's done, but I'm curious to hear any comments or feedback on this movement.  It might be a bit on the schmaltzy side.  Obvious inf

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Short Christmas Piece

Yesterday I wrote a miniature instrumental Christmas "carol", to add to the three I've previously written.  It's only a minute long, with an intentionally simple arrangement.  Any comments would be quite welcome!

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