"Sunflower Slow Drag" is a ragtime composition by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden. It is about four minutes long and has been described as "full of gaiety and sunshine".[1]

Sunflower Slow Drag
by Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden
Genre	Ragtime
Form	Rag Time Two Step
Published	1901 (1901)
Publisher	John Stark & Son
Instrument: Piano Solo

Sunflower Slow Drag

A wind band arrangement of a piano original performed in 1994 by the United States Marine Corps Band

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Musical structure

Intro A A B B A Trio-Intro C C D D

While Joplin's name was given top billing, Jasen and Tichenor assert that everything except the trio was primarily Hayden's work. The trio, attributed to Joplin, is distinguished by its softer dynamics, pentatonic emphasis, and broader range.[2]

Publication history

The copyright was registered March 18, 1901. The piece was originally published by John Stillwell Stark, who advertised it as "the twin sister of Maple Leaf". Stark also reported that the trio was written during Joplin's courtship of Belle Hayden, his first wife, who was also Scott Hayden's sister-in-law,[2] his brother's widow.[1]

See also

• List of compositions by Scott Joplin

References

External links

• Sheet music and midi from Mutopia
• YouTube video of "Sunflower Slow Drag" being played
• Free scores by Sunflower Slow Drag at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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