Johnson Rag
Guy Hall and Henry Kleinkauf (arr. Charles L. Cooke (aka "Doc Cook"))
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General Info
Year: 1917 / 1944
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Robbins Music
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
- Condensed Score
- D-flat Piccolo
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- E-flat Alto Clarinet
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Cornet Solo-II-III
- B-flat Trumpet I-II
- E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
- Horn in F I-II-III-IV
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Percussion
- (Percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Johnson Rag was originally composed by Guy Hall and Henry "Heiney" Kleinkauf as a piano instrumental in 1917. The composers, bandleaders from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, published it themselves. They also issued a song version that same year, That Lovin’ Johnson Rag. In 1940, Miller Music Corp. decided that it needed new lyrics, and asked Jack Lawrence to write them. He did, and Russ Morgan and his orchestra helped make it a hit
- Program Note from Tin Pan Alley
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Winona (Minn.) Municipal Band (Levi Lundack, conductor) - 9 June 2024
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Johnson Rag (with Kleinkauf; arr. Cooke) (1917/1944)
Resources
- Hall, G.; Kleinhoff, H.; Cooke, D. (1944). Johnson Rag [score]. Robbins Music Corp.: New York.
- Jasen, David A. Tin Pan Alley. An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song. Routledge: New York. Accessed 10 June 2024
- "Johnson Rag (Hall, Guy)." IMSLP. Accessed 10 June 2024