List of ragtime composers
A list of ragtime composers, including one or more famous or characteristic compositions.
Pre-1940
- Felix Arndt (1889–1918), "Nola" (1916)[1]
- May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908)[2]
- Roy Bargy (1894–1974), "Pianoflage" (1922)[3]
- Harry Belding (1882–1931), "Good Gravy Rag" (1913)[4]
- Theron C. Bennett (1879–1937), "The St. Louis Tickle" (1904)[5]
- Irving Berlin (1888–1989), "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911)
- Charlotte Blake (1885–1979), "That Poker Rag" (1909)[6]
- Eubie Blake (1887–1983), "Charleston Rag" (1903),[7] "Chevy Chase" (1914), "Fizz Water" (1914)
- Rube Bloom (1902–1976), "Soliloquy" (1926)[8]
- Blind Boone (1864–1927), "Southern Rag Medley No. 2" (1909)[4]
- George Botsford (1874–1949), "Black and White Rag"[9](1908), "Grizzly Bear Rag" (1910)
- Euday L. Bowman (1887–1949), "Twelfth Street Rag" (1914)[10]
- Fleta Jan Brown, (1882–1938), "Tanglefoot Rag" (1907)[11]
- Brun Campbell (1884–1952), "Barber Shop Rag"[12]
- Hughie Cannon (1877–1912), "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey" (1902)
- Louis Chauvin (1881–1908), "Heliotrope Bouquet" (1907)[13]
- Axel Christensen (1881–1955), "The Ragtime Wedding March (Apologies to Mendelssohn)" (1902)[14]
- Edward B. Claypoole (1883-1952), "Alabama Jigger" (1913), "Ragging the Scale" (1915), "Spooky Spooks" (1916)[15]
- George L. Cobb (1886–1942), "Rubber Plant Rag" (1909) "Russian Rag" (1918)[16]
- Nellie Weldon Cocroft (1885–1986), "The Pinywoods Rag" (1909)[17]
- Zez Confrey (1895–1971), "Kitten on the Keys" (1921)[18]
- Les C. Copeland (1887–1942), "French Pastry Rag" (1914)[19]
- Irene Cozad (1888–1970), "Affinity Rag" (1910)[20]
- Cecil Duane Crabb (1890–1953), "Fluffy Ruffles" (1907)[4]
- Ford Dabney (1883–1958), "Oh! You Devil!" (1910)[21]
- Reverend Gary Davis (1896–1972),[22] "Italian Rag"
- Claude Debussy (1862–1918),[23] "Golliwogg's Cakewalk" and "Général Lavine"
- James Reese Europe (1880–1919), "Castle House Rag"[4]
- Libbie Erickson (1875–1938), "Topsy: Two Step" (1904)[24]
- Ernst Fischer (1900–1975),[25] "Pretty Baby"
- George Gershwin (1898–1937), "Rialto Ripples" (1917)
- Irene Giblin (1888–1974), "Columbia Rag" (1910)[26]
- Lucian Porter Gibson (1890–1959), "Jinx Rag" (1911)[4]
- George Hamilton Green (1893–1970), "Ragtime Robin"[27]
- Gene Greene (1877–1930), "King of the Bungaloos" (1911)[28]
- Albert Gumble (1883–19946), "Bolo Rag" (1908)[29]
- Harry P. Guy (1870–1950), "Echoes from the Snowball Club" (1898)[4]
- Robert Hampton (1890–1945), "Agitation Rag" (1915)[4]
- Ben Harney (1871–1938), "You've Been a Good Old Wagon but You Done Broke Down" (1896)[4]
- Scott Hayden (1882–1915), "Something Doing" (1903)[30]
- Wallie Herzer (1885–1961), "Everybody Two-Step"
- Ernest Hogan (1865–1909),[31] "La Pas Ma La" and "All Coons Look Alike to Me"
- Abe Holzmann (1874–1939), "Smoky Mokes" (1899)[4]
- Charles Hunter (1876–1906), "Tickled to Death" (1899)[32]
- Harry Jentes (1887–1958), "Bantam Step" (1916)[33]
- Charles L. Johnson (1876–1950), "Dill Pickles" (1906)[34]
- James P. Johnson (1891–1955), "Carolina Shout" (1925)[35]
- Scott Joplin (1868–1917), "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899), "The Entertainer" (1902),[36] "Pineapple Rag" (1908), "Magnetic Rag" (1914)
- Joe Jordan (1882–1971), "That Teasin' Rag" (1909)[37]
- Verdi Karns (1882–1925), "Kentucky Rag" (1898)[38]
- F. Henri Klickmann (1885-1966), "Knockout Drops" (1910), "The Squirrel Rag" (1913), "Hysterics Rag" (1914)[39]
- Sadie Koninsky (1879–1952), "Eli Green's Cake Walk" (1898)[6]
- Max Kortlander (1890–1961), "Deuces Wild" (1923)[40]
- William Krell (1868–1933), "Mississippi Rag" (1897)[4]
- Joseph Lamb (1887–1960), "American Beauty Rag" (1913),[41] "Ragtime Nightingale" (1915), "Top Liner Rag" (1916), "Bohemia Rag" (1919)
- Dominic LaRocca (1889-1961), "Tiger Rag" (1917), "The Original Dixieland One Step" (1917)
- Grace LeBoy[42] (1890–1983), "Everybody Rag With Me"[43] 1914
- Grace Walls Linn (1874–1940), "Automobile Spin"[44] 1899
- Henry Lodge (1884–1933), "Temptation Rag" (1909)[45]
- George Lyons (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910)[46]
- Arthur Marshall (1881–1968), "Ham And!" (1908)[47]
- Artie Matthews (1888–1958), "Pastime Rag No. 3" (1916)[48]
- Billy Mayerl (1902–1959), "The Jazz Master" (1925)[49]
- Blind Willie McTell (1898–1959)[50] "Southern Can Is Mine" (1931)
- Kerry Mills (1869–1948), "At a Georgia Campmeeting" (1897)[4]
- Luella Lockwood Moore (aka "Marion Arlington") (1864–1927), "Flamingo: Two-Step" (1910)[51]
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941), "Frog-I-More Rag" (1918)[52]
- Julia Lee Niebergall (1886–1968), "Hoosier Rag" (1907)[6]
- Theodore Havermeyer Northrup (1866–1919), "Louisiana Rag" (1897)[4]
- Phil Ohman (1896–1954), "Dixie Kisses"[53]
- Muriel Pollock (1895–1970), "Rooster Rag" (1917)[54]
- Paul Pratt (1890–1948), "Colonial Glide" (1910), "Hot House Rag" (1914)[55]
- Arthur Pryor (1870–1942), "Razzazza Mazzazza" (1905)[4]
- Luckey Roberts (1887–1968), "Junk Man Rag" (1913)[56]
- Bess E. Rudisill (1884–1957), "The Eight O'Clock Rush" (1911)[57]
- J. Russel Robinson (1892–1963), "Sapho Rag" (1909)[58]
- Alma Sanders (1882–1956), "Sleepytime Rag: Pickaninny Lullaby" (1914)[59]
- Paul Sarebresole (1875–1911), "Roustabout Rag" (1897)
- Arthur Schutt (1902–1965), "Bluin' the Black Keys" (1926)[60]
- James Scott (1885–1938), "Frog Legs Rag" (1906), "Grace and Beauty" (1909),[61] "Ragtime Oriole" (1911)
- Adaline Shepherd (1883–1950), "Pickles and Peppers" (1906)[6]
- Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897–1973), "Rippling Waters"[62]
- Ted Snyder (1881–1965), "Ramshackle Rag" (1911)[4]
- John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), "With Pleasure" (1912) and "Willow Blossoms" (1916)
- Etilmon J. Stark (1867–1962), "Billiken Rag" (1913)[4]
- Nellie Stokes (1880–1914), "Razzle Dazzle: Rag" (1909)[63]
- Pauline B. Story (1870–1952), "Keep A Shufflin’ Ragtime Dance" (1905)[64]
- Charley Straight (1891–1940), "Red Raven Rag" (1915), "Black Jack Rag" (1917), Rufenreddy" (1917/1922)[65]
- Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), "Piano-Rag-Music" (1919)
- Robert Morrison Stults (1861–1933), "Walkin' on de Rainbow Road" (1899)[66]
- Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), "Down Home Rag" (1911)[4]
- Charles Hubbard Thompson (1891–1964), "The Lily Rag" (1914)[67]
- Harry Tierney (1890–1965), "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1911)[68]
- Tom Turpin (1873–1922), "Harlem Rag" (1897),[69] "St. Louis Rag" (1903)[69]
- Fats Waller (1904–1943), "Valentine Stomp" (1929)[70]
- Percy Wenrich (1880–1952), "Peaches and Cream" (1905),[4] "Skeleton Rag" (1911)
- Clarence C. Wiley (1883–1908), "Car-Barlick Acid" (1901)[4]
- Carlotta Williamson (1869–1957), "The Pickaninny Cakewalk: Two Step" (1901), "Wild flower Rag" (1910)[71]
- Clarence Woods (1888–1956), "Slippery Elm Rag" (1912)[72]
- Calvin Woolsey (1884–1946), "Medic Rag" (1910)[73]
- Bob Yosco (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910)[46]
- Bob Zurke (1912-1944), "Hobson Street Blues" (1938)[74]
Modern ragtime composers (since 1940)
- William Albright (1944–1998), "Brass Knuckles"
- Luca Allegranza (born 2003), "Pipe Dreams Rag"[75]
- Peter Andersson (born 1968), "The River Boat Slow Drag"[76]
- James F. Andris (born 1938), "The St. Louis Zoo Rag"[77]
- Donald Ashwander (1929–1994), "Business in Town", "Old Streets", etc.[78]
- Winifred Atwell (1914–1989), "Britannia Rag", "Let's Have a Party", her version of "Black and White Rag", etc.
- Rami Bar-Niv "Blue-Rag" "Drag-Rag" "Breezy Rider Rag" "Plain Ol' Rag" "Shmateh-Rag"
- Tom Brier (born 1971) "Wellington Rag" (1991), "Redneck Rag" (2008)[79]
- William Bolcom (born 1938), "The Graceful Ghost"[80]
- Sune "Sumpen" Borg (1931–2002), "Ylva Rag"[81]
- Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), "It's a Raggy Waltz" (1961)
- Lou Busch (1910–1979), "Carr's Hop" (1952)[82]
- Bill Edwards (born 1959), "Hanon Rag", "Blood on the Keys", etc.[83]
- Keith Emerson (1944–2016), "Barrelhouse Shakedown"
- Stephen Flaherty (born 1960), Ragtime
- Frank French (born 1952), "Belle of Louisville"[84]
- Ragnar Hellspong (born 1944), "Rag's Rag"[85]
- Dick Hyman (born 1927), "Ragtime Razz Matazz" (1958)[86]
- Hal Isbitz (born 1931), "Chandelier Rag"[87]
- Glenn Jenks, "The Harbour Rag"[88]
- Billy Joel (born 1949), "Root Beer Rag" (1974)
- Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957), "Russian Rag"
- Sue Keller (born 1952), "Cranberry Stomp"
- James LeGrand King III (born 1968), "Biltmore Syncopations", "Whitehead Street Rag", "Zig-Zag Alley Rag", "Professor King's Celebrated All-Purpose Exceptional Invigorating Effectactious Good-Time Spirited Composition for the Modern Piano-Forte", "Major-Minor Rag"[89]
- Bill Krenz (1899–1980), "Mud Cat Rag" (1953)[90]
- Florian Krueger (born 1993), "Hok Him Rag", "Futuristic Kitten", "Inshoku-ten"
- Tom Lehrer (born 1928), "The Vatican Rag"
- Peter Lundberg (born 1942), "Gothenburg Rag"[91]
- Johnny Maddox, "Friday Night Stomp"
- Paul McCartney (born 1942), "Martha My Dear", "Honey Pie" (1968), "You Gave Me the Answer" (1975)
- Oleg Mezjuev (born 1966), "Café Parisién"[92]
- Max Morath (1926–2023), "One for Amelia", "The Golden Hours", etc.
- Gary Noland (born 1957), "Grand Rag Brillante", "Nerdfox Rag", "Ragbones", "Russell Street Rag" [93]
- Carter Pann (born 1972), "The Bills"
- David Thomas Roberts (born 1955), "Roberto Clemente"
- Aaron Robinson (born 1970), "Bluet Rag"
- Reginald Robinson (born 1972), "The Strong Man"
- Cameron Lee Simpson (born 2001) "Watermelon Rag" (2017), "Wild Cherries Rag" (2019), "Christmas Rag" (2020)[94]
- Thomas Shea (1931–1982),[95] "Little Wabash Special"
- Joakim Stenshäll (1962–2009), "Entropy Rag"[96]
- Trebor Jay Tichenor (1940–2014), "Bucksnort Stomp"
- Hiromi Uehara (born 1979), "The Tom and Jerry Show" (2003)
- Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), "Spinach Rag" (1994), "Dark City Treno" (2000)
- Kjell Waltman (born 1960), "Orange Blossoms"[97]
- Chris Ware (born 1967), "Farewell"[98]
- Ian Whitcomb (1941–2020), "Lawns of Louisiana", "Marzipan" and others
- Vincent Wilson (born 2007), "Morning Glories" (Lost Scott Joplin Rag completed in 2021), "Lundenburg Rag" (2021), "Vanilla Rag" (2021)[99]
- Dick Zimmerman (born 1937), "Lost And Found Rag"
Notes
- ^ "Felix Arndt". The Unconservatory. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Jasen page 148
- ^ Jasen pages 222, 225
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Male Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information". Bill Edwards. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Jasen pages 46, 47
- ^ a b c d "Female Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information". Bill Edwards. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Jasen pages 190, 192
- ^ Jasen pages 226, 227
- ^ Jasen pages 139, 140
- ^ Jasen pages 49, 50
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Jasen pages 52, 53
- ^ Jasen pages 101, 103
- ^ "Axel Waldemar Christensen". Ragpiano.com. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ Edwards, Bill. "RagPiano.com - Male Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information (Page 2)". RagPiano.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ Jasen pages 174, 175
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Jasen pages 216, 218
- ^ Jasen pages 55, 57
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Edwards, Bill. "RagPiano.com - Male Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information (Page 2)". RagPiano.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Rev. Gary Davis". AllMusic. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Jacobs page 96
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ "Fischer, Ernst". Magdeburg Biographical Dictionary. University of Magdeburg. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Fairchild, Frederick D. "George Hamilton Green". The Percussive Arts Society. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Gene Greene--Singer of "King of the Bungaloos"". Tim Gracyk. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Jasen, Dave (2020). Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000143843.
- ^ Jasen pages 104, 105
- ^ "Ernest Hogan". American Vaudeville Museum. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ^ Jasen pages 34, 35
- ^ Jasen pages 178, 179
- ^ Jasen pages 38, 41
- ^ Jasen pages 242, 243
- ^ Jasen pages 82, 87, 89
- ^ Jasen pages 59, 60
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Edwards, Bill. "RagPiano.com - Male Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information (Page 2)". RagPiano.com. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ Jasen pages 198, 199
- ^ Jasen pages 122, 126
- ^ ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (Third ed.). ASCAP. 1966. p. 377. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ "Everybody Rag with me". Digital Sheet Music Collection. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ^ "Category:Sandy, Grace Linn - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ Jasen pages 143, 144
- ^ a b Lyons, George; Yosco, Bob. "Spaghetti rag". University of Colorado Boulder Music Library. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ Jasen pages 106, 109
- ^ Jasen pages 182, 184
- ^ Jasen pages 228, 229
- ^ ""Blind Willie" McTell (1898–1959)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Jasen pages 253, 255
- ^ Jasen page 231
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Jasen page 180
- ^ Jasen pages 187, 188
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Jasen pages 150, 151
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Jasen page 232
- ^ Jasen pages 111, 113
- ^ Jasen pages 249, 250
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ "Female Composers of Ragtime by Ted Tjaden". www.ragtimepiano.ca. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
- ^ Jasen pages 195, 223
- ^ "Walkin' on de Rainbow Road (Stults, Robert Morrison) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". Imslp.org. September 22, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ Jasen pages 185, 186
- ^ Jasen pages 153, 154
- ^ a b Jasen pages 28, 29
- ^ Jasen pages 247, 248
- ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Jasen page 156
- ^ Jasen pages 61, 62
- ^ Later Composers of Ragtime
- ^ Tuttonotizie, Redazione (April 5, 2018). "Domo, sabato sera la presentazione del primo cd di Luca Allegranza". VCO Azzurra TV (in Italian). Archived from the original on July 18, 2018.
- ^ "Peter Andersson". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "James F. Andris". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ Jasen page 285
- ^ "Tom Brier - Ragtime Pianist and Composer". Tom Brier. January 4, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ Jasen pages 288, 289
- ^ "Sune "Sumpen" Borg". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ Jasen pages 267, 268
- ^ "Contemporary Ragtime". ragpiano.com. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- ^ "Frank French". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Ragnar Hellspong". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ Jasen pages 272, 273
- ^ "Hal Isbitz". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Glenn Jenks". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Search Results for "ragtime" – Alijam Music". Archived from the original on April 2, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Jasen pages 269, 270
- ^ "Peter Lundberg". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Oleg Mezjuev". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Selected Music from Venge Art by Gary Noland". Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ "Category:Simpson, Cameron Lee - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ Jasen page 282
- ^ "Joakim Stenshäll". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Kjell Waltman". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Rags Stomps and Stride | Access Contemporary Music". Acmusic.org. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "UrFavRagtimeGuy - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
References
- Jacobs, Arthur (1967). A New Dictionary of Music. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books.
- Jasen, David A.; Tichenor, Trebor Jay (1978). Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. Dover Books on Music. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-25922-6.
