Axel Christensen

Données clés
Nom de naissance	Axel Waldemar Christensen
Naissance	23 mars 1881; Chicago, Illinois
Décès	17 août 1955 (à 74 ans); Ojai, Californie
Activité principale	compositeur, pédagogue
Genre musical	ragtime
Instruments	piano
Années actives	1902-1945

Axel Christensen était un pianiste et compositeur américain de musique ragtime. Né le 23 mars 1881, il est une figure importante du genre ragtime, grâce notamment à ses compositions, et ses ouvrages pédagogiques pour l'apprentissage du piano ragtime. Il décéda le 17 août 1955.

Liste des compositions

Pièces

1902 : Ragtime Wedding March (Apologies to Mendelssohn)
1908 : Irmena Rag
1909 : The Cauldron Rag
1909 : Marching Thro' Georgia
1909 : The Ragtime King
1909 : Flower Song [Gustave Lange] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1910 : Star and Garter: Rag-time Waltz
1912 : The Glen Oaks Rag
1912 : The Press Club Rag
1913 : In My Mercer Racing Car [avec John S. Meck]
1913 : The Minnesota Rag
1913 : Pathetic Rag
1913 : Christensen's Picture Show Collection for the Piano
1915 : Ragtime Rings the Bell
1915 : Webster Grove Rag
1915 : Annie Laurie [Traditional] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1915 : Auld Lang Syne [Traditional] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1915 : Home Sweet Home [Henry Bishop] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1915 : Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms [Thomas Moore] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1915 : Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground [Stephen Foster] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1915 : The Last Rose of Summer [Thomas Moore] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1915 : My Old Kentucky Home [Stephen Foster] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1915 : Old Black Joe [Stephen Foster] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1915 : Swanee River (Old Folks at Home) [Stephen Foster] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1915 : When You and I were Young, Maggie [George W. Johnson & James A. Butterfield] [arrangement in Ragtime]
1916 : That Potatoe Bug Rag
1916 : Hurry (Pursuit and Capture)
1916 : Moonlight
1917 : Pantaloon (Dance Grotesque) [arrangement in Ragtime]
1917 : Coronation March
1917 : For Introductions, Lively Scenes, Western Pictures, Etc.
1917 : Quarrel or Struggle Scenes
1917 : Turkish
1923 : Nobody's Business
1923 : Teasing the Klassics
1924 : Axel Grease - A Slick Novelty
1924 : Take it Easy
1924 : Love of My Dreams
1924 : Walking Blues
1925 : Syncophonic Number 1
1925 : Syncophonic Number 2
1925 : Syncophonic Number 3
1925 : Syncophonic Number 4
1925 : Syncophonic Number 5
1927 : Boogie Woogie Blues
1929 : Syncophonic Number 6

Ouvrages

Christensen's Ragtime Instruction Book Number 1 (1906)
Christensen's Ragtime Instruction Book (1908 edition)
Christensen's Ragtime Instruction Book (1909 edition)
Christensen's Ragtime Instruction Book (1915 edition)
Christensen's Ragtime Instruction Book (1918 edition)
Christensen's Ragtime Instruction Book (1919 edition)
Axel Christensen's New Instruction Book for Rag and Jazz Piano Playing (1920)
Christensen's Ragtime Instruction Book No. 2 (1922)
Axel Christensen's New Instruction Book for Rag, Jazz and Popular Music (1922)
Christensen's Instruction Book for Playing Rag, Jazz and Popular Music on the Tenor Banjo (1922)
Christensen's Ragtime Instruction Book No. 2 (1924 edition)
Axel Christensen's Instruction Book for Jazz and Novelty Piano Playing (1924)
Axel Christensen's New Instruction Book for Rag and Jazz Piano Playing (1925 edition)
Axel Christensen's Instruction Book for Jazz and Novelty Piano Playing (1927)

Liens externes

Portail de la musique