Tangential, but I was watching A Capitol Fourth this past Thursday, and near the end of the traditional performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, I was remind

Tangential, but I was watching A Capitol Fourth this past Thursday, and near the end of the traditional performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, I was reminded how much I'd like to see Joplin (one of the other fathers of popular American music, and the father of a sadly-abortive branch of "serious" American music) celebrated in the same vein. Whoever decided to use Joplin's "Solace"[1][2] as the loading screen theme for Bioshock: Infinite is a genius, because... wow, what a piece. Unfortunately, rags have been misrepresented as an almost naive form over the years, instead of the foundational element (ripe for rediscovery, experimentation, and innovation) of American musical composition that it is. Looks like Dabney was another casualty of this oversight. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ms-WVWI9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ms-WVWI9w (B:I's modified version) [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLNORRrRyMQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLNORRrRyMQ (Full version)