"Bethena, A Concert Waltz"

It was the first Joplin work since his wife Freddie's death on September 10, 1904 ten weeks after their wedding
The piece combines two different styles of music, the classical waltz and the rag, The work has been described as "an enchantingly beautiful piece that is among the greatest of Ragtime Waltzes, ”Joplin's finest waltz".