The Entertainer

Scott Joplin

For alto sax and piano

Written in B♭ major, range C4 to A5

A cheerful ragtime piece, strutting along like a showman who has all the time in the world. Scott Joplin published it in 1902; seventy years later it became a hit all over again through the film The Sting.

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