Magnetic Rag

Magnetic Rag
by Scott Joplin
Magnetic Rag Cover page with the title in large blank lettering and underneath the name of the composer, Scott Joplin
"Magnetic Rag" cover page
GenreRagtime
FormRag
PublishedJuly 21, 1914 (1914-07-21)[1]
PublisherScott Joplin Publishing Company
Duration5:11
Instrument: Solo piano

"Magnetic Rag" is a 1914 ragtime piano composition by American composer Scott Joplin. It is significant for being the last rag which Joplin published in his lifetime, three years before his death in 1917. It is also unique in form and in some of the musical techniques employed in the composition.