A Ragtime Two Step. Joplin's 1907 'Rose Leaf Rag' is quite simply a masterpiece, with the unforced style of a mature composer at ease in his expression. Laced throughout with subtle chromaticism, the repetitive rhythms and 'crazy chords' of the coda, (already heard in 'Search-Light Rag'), build the piece hypnotically to its playful conclusion.