Scott Joplin: The Cascades (A Piano Rag) - symphonic wind dectet

The Cascades" is a piano rag composed by Scott Joplin especially for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

The title "The Cascades" refers to a particular feature built for the Fair, a waterfall which cascaded down in multiple tiers and which was floodlit at night.

The cover of one of the sheet music editions published in 1904 shows a picture of the attraction with boats on the lake in front of the cascades. The rag's tempo indication is "Tempo di Marcia" or march-time



Arranged here for symphonic wind dectet/bass