The name Cakewalk came from a dance competition where the winner received some cake, and Cakewalk music had a syncopated march-like rhythm which influenced and was later absorbed within the broader concept of Ragtime music. Although frequently attributed solely to Scott Joplin, Swipesy was in fact co-written by Arthur Marshall, one of Joplin's students. Joplin stayed with the Marshall family for a time and Marshall was 18 when "Swipesy" was published in 1900 by Joplin's publisher John Stillwell Stark.
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The audio controls below allow you to play the mp3 version of Scott Joplin and Arthur Marshall's Swipesy (Cakewalk) for piano or you can download the MP3 file. You can also download the midi version of Scott Joplin and Arthur Marshall's Swipesy (Cakewalk) for piano.
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