Russian Rag (composition)
| "Russian Rag" | |
|---|---|
Cover of sheet music, published by Will Rossiter, Chicago | |
| Instrumental by Pietro Deiro | |
| Released | 1918 |
| Genre | Ragtime |
| Composer(s) | George L. Cobb |
"Russian Rag" is a 1918 ragtime jazz piano composition by George L. Cobb. The composition was published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
The composition is based on the opening chord progression of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.3, No.2. The piece was such a hit that Cobb wrote The New Russian Rag in 1923 in an attempt to arrange more of the Rachmaninoff prelude for ragtime piano.
Elena Kats-Chernin wrote another later piano composition entitled Russian Rag in 1996.