A lively ragtime adaptation of motifs from Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, blending classical grandeur with early 20th-century American jazz rhythms.
"Russian Rag" (1918) is George L. Cobb's ragtime adaptation of Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C-sharp Minor," blending classical motifs with syncopated rhythms. A hallmark of crossover experimentation in early 20th-century music.