Scott Joplin_Bethena (Concert Waltz), arr. Ivan Paschoito

Andrey Shilov plays “Bethena“. “Bethena, A Concert Waltz“ (copyright registered March 6, 1905) is a composition by Scott Joplin. It was the first Joplin work since his wife Freddie’s death on September 10, 1904 of pneumonia, ten weeks after their wedding. Bethena may well have been Freddie’s nickname. At the time the composer had significant financial problems; the work did not sell successfully at the time of publication and was soon neglected and forgotten. It was rediscovered as a result of the Joplin re