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kentuck

(111,104 posts) Thu May 20, 2021, 09:40 PM May 2021

The Entertainer

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The Entertainer (Original Post) kentuck May 2021 OP

I was obsessed with the soundtrack to The Sting in 1974. no_hypocrisy May 2021 #1

My younger sister mastered The Entertainer on the piano... Brother Buzz May 2021 #2

One only needs to hear a few bars of the intro sdfernando May 2021 #3

no_hypocrisy

(46,130 posts)

1. I was obsessed with the soundtrack to The Sting in 1974.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Thu May 20, 2021, 10:15 PM

May 2021

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

2. My younger sister mastered The Entertainer on the piano...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Thu May 20, 2021, 10:36 PM

May 2021

along with the Maple Leaf Rag when she was in high school. I have fond memories of listening to her play them while I was out working in the shop.

Sometimes it takes a trained ear to distinguish which on is which.

sdfernando

(4,935 posts)

3. One only needs to hear a few bars of the intro

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #2)

Thu May 20, 2021, 11:16 PM

May 2021

To tell the difference.

Funny thing about the music used in The Sting is that the Ragtime era was over. Jazz was the new music of the time. Dixieland would have been more appropriate for the movie’s timeframe.

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