Dozens of ragtime titles sit in an alphabetized list with instructions for playing or saving tiny MIDI files. Each file carries note data, not a recording, so sound depended on the visitor’s synthesizer. The page preserves both Joplin’s catalogue and the habits of a download-first music Web.
Original MIDI archive: http://www.ragtimemusic.com/joplin.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-colin-macdonald-built-a-scott-joplin-midi-library-by-hand/
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Original MIDI archive: http://www.ragtimemusic.com/joplin.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-colin-macdonald-built-a-scott-joplin-midi-library-by-hand/
#ancientweb #ragtime #midi #musicarchives
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Categories: Ancient Web & Internet History [c23]