List of ragtime composers

A list of ragtime composers, including one or more famous or characteristic compositions.

Pre-1940

  • Felix Arndt (1889–1918),"Desecration Rag" (1914), "Nola" (1916),[1] "Operatic Nightmare" (1916)
  • 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)
  • Mike Bernard (1875-1938), "The Ragtime King" (1899), "The Battle of San Juan Hill" (1912), "Tantalizing Tingles" (1913)
  • 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), "That Futuristic Rag" (1923), "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] "Cauldron Rag" (1909)
  • 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 (1883–1946), "Bolo Rag" (1908)[29]
  • Harry P. Guy (1870–1950), "Echoes from the Snowball Club" (1898)[4]
  • Robert Hampton (1890–1945), "Cataract Rag" (1914), "Agitation Rag" (1915)[4]
  • W.C. Handy (1873-1958), "Yellow Dog Rag" (1914), "Ole Miss Rag" (1916)
  • 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), "Bluffton Carnival Rag" (1899)
  • F. Henri Klickmann (1885-1966), "Knockout Drops" (1910), "The Squirrel Rag" (1913), "Hysterics Rag" (1914)[38]
  • Sadie Koninsky (1879–1952), "Eli Green's Cake Walk" (1898)[6]
  • Max Kortlander (1890–1961), "Deuces Wild" (1923)[39]
  • William Krell (1868–1933), "Mississippi Rag" (1897)[4]
  • Joseph Lamb (1887–1960), "American Beauty Rag" (1913),[40] "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[41] (1890–1983), "Everybody Rag With Me"[42] (1914)
  • Grace Walls Linn (1874–1940), "Automobile Spin"[43] (1899)
  • Henry Lodge (1884–1933), "Temptation Rag" (1909)[44]
  • George Lyons (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910)[45]
  • Arthur Marshall (1881–1968), "Ham And!" (1908),[46] 'The Pippin'' (1908)
  • Artie Matthews (1888–1958), "Pastime Rag No. 3" (1916)[47]
  • Billy Mayerl (1902–1959), "The Jazz Master" (1925)[48]
  • Blind Willie McTell (1898–1959)[49] "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)[50]
  • Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941), "Frog-I-More Rag" (1918)[51]
  • Julia Lee Niebergall (1886–1968), "Hoosier Rag" (1907)[6]
  • Theodore Havermeyer Northrup (1866–1919), "Louisiana Rag" (1897)[4]
  • Phil Ohman (1896–1954), "Dixie Kisses"[52]
  • Muriel Pollock (1895–1970), "Rooster Rag" (1917)[53]
  • Paul Pratt (1890–1948), "Colonial Glide" (1910), "Hot House Rag" (1914)[54]
  • Arthur Pryor (1870–1942), "Razzazza Mazzazza" (1905)[4]
  • Luckey Roberts (1887–1968), "Junk Man Rag" (1913)[55]
  • Bess E. Rudisill (1884–1957), "The Eight O'Clock Rush" (1911)[56]
  • J. Russel Robinson (1892–1963), "Sapho Rag" (1909)[57]
  • Alma Sanders (1882–1956), "Hong Kong" (1917)
  • Paul Sarebresole (1875–1911), "Roustabout Rag" (1897)
  • Arthur Schutt (1902–1965), "Bluin' the Black Keys" (1926)[58]
  • James Scott (1885–1938), "Frog Legs Rag" (1906), "Grace and Beauty" (1909),[59] "Hilarity Rag" (1910), "Ragtime Oriole" (1911)
  • Adaline Shepherd (1883–1950), "Pickles and Peppers" (1906)[6]
  • Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897–1973), "Rippling Waters"[60]
  • Ted Snyder (1881–1965), "Wild Cherries Rag" (1909), "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)[61]
  • Pauline B. Story (1870–1952), "Keep A Shufflin’ Ragtime Dance" (1905)[62]
  • Charley Straight (1891–1940), "Red Raven Rag" (1915), "Black Jack Rag" (1917), Rufenreddy" (1917/1922)[63]
  • Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), "Piano-Rag-Music" (1919)
  • Robert Morrison Stults (1861–1933), "Walkin' on de Rainbow Road" (1899)[64]
  • Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), "Down Home Rag" (1911)[4]
  • Charles Hubbard Thompson (1891–1964), "The Lily Rag" (1914)[65]
  • Harry Tierney (1890–1965), "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1911)[66]
  • Tom Turpin (1873–1922), "Harlem Rag" (1897),[67] "St. Louis Rag" (1903),[67] "Buffalo Rag" (1904)
  • Fats Waller (1904–1943), "Valentine Stomp" (1929)[68]
  • 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)[69]
  • Clarence Woods (1888–1956), "Slippery Elm Rag" (1912),[70] "Sleepy Hollow Rag" (1918)
  • Calvin Woolsey (1884–1946), "Medic Rag" (1910)[71]
  • Bob Yosco (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910)[45]
  • Bob Zurke (1912-1944), "Hobson Street Blues" (1938)[72]

Modern ragtime composers (since 1940)

  • William Albright (1944–1998), "Brass Knuckles"
  • Luca Allegranza (born 2003), "Grotesque Dreams Rag"
  • Peter Andersson (born 1968), "Commonplace Rag"
  • James F. Andris (born 1938), "The St. Louis Zoo Rag"[73]
  • Donald Ashwander (1929–1994), "Business in Town", "Old Streets", etc.[74]
  • 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"
  • Tom Brier (born 1971) "Wellington Rag" (1991), "Redneck Rag" (2008)[75]
  • William Bolcom (born 1938), "The Graceful Ghost"[76]
  • Sune "Sumpen" Borg (1931–2002), "Ylva Rag"[77]
  • Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), "It's a Raggy Waltz" (1961)
  • Lou Busch (1910–1979), "Carr's Hop" (1952)[78]
  • Bill Edwards (born 1959), "Hanon Rag", "Blood on the Keys", etc.[79]
  • Keith Emerson (1944–2016), "Barrelhouse Shakedown"
  • Stephen Flaherty (born 1960), Ragtime
  • Frank French (born 1952), "Belle of Louisville"[80]
  • Ragnar Hellspong (born 1944), "Rag's Rag"[81]
  • Dick Hyman (born 1927), "Ragtime Razz Matazz" (1958)[82]
  • Hal Isbitz (born 1931), "Chandelier Rag"[83]
  • Glenn Jenks, "The Harbour Rag"[84]
  • 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", "Zig-Zag Alley Rag", "Professor King's Celebrated All-Purpose Exceptional Invigorating Effectactious Good-Time Spirited Composition for the Modern Piano-Forte"[85]
  • Koji Kondo (born 1961), "Athlete's Rag" (1990)
  • Bill Krenz (1899–1980), "Mud Cat Rag" (1953),[86] "Poodle Rag" (1954)
  • Florian Krueger (born 1993), "Hok Him Rag", "Futuristic Kitten", "Inshoku-ten"
  • Tom Lehrer (born 1928), "The Vatican Rag"
  • Peter Lundberg (born 1942), "Gothenburg Rag"[87]
  • 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"[88]
  • Max Morath (1926–2023), "One for Amelia", "The Golden Hours", etc.
  • Gary Noland (born 1957), "Grand Rag Brillante", "Nerdfox Rag", "Ragbones" [89]
  • 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)[90]
  • Thomas Shea (1931–1982),[91] "Little Wabash Special"
  • Joakim Stenshäll (1962–2009), "Entropy Rag"[92]
  • 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"[93]
  • Chris Ware (born 1967), "Farewell"[94]
  • 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)[95]
  • Dick Zimmerman (born 1937), "Lost And Found Rag"

Notes

  1. ^ "Felix Arndt". The Unconservatory. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  2. ^ Jasen page 148
  3. ^ Jasen pages 222, 225
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Jasen pages 46, 47
  6. ^ a b c d "Female Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information". Bill Edwards. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  7. ^ Jasen pages 190, 192
  8. ^ Jasen pages 226, 227
  9. ^ Jasen pages 139, 140
  10. ^ Jasen pages 49, 50
  11. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  12. ^ Jasen pages 52, 53
  13. ^ Jasen pages 101, 103
  14. ^ "Axel Waldemar Christensen". Ragpiano.com. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  15. ^ Edwards, Bill. "RagPiano.com - Male Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information (Page 2)". RagPiano.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  16. ^ Jasen pages 174, 175
  17. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  18. ^ Jasen pages 216, 218
  19. ^ Jasen pages 55, 57
  20. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  21. ^ Edwards, Bill. "RagPiano.com - Male Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information (Page 2)". RagPiano.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  22. ^ "Rev. Gary Davis". AllMusic. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  23. ^ Jacobs page 96
  24. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  25. ^ "Fischer, Ernst". Magdeburg Biographical Dictionary. University of Magdeburg. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  26. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  27. ^ Fairchild, Frederick D. "George Hamilton Green". The Percussive Arts Society. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  28. ^ "Gene Greene--Singer of "King of the Bungaloos"". Tim Gracyk. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  29. ^ Jasen, Dave (2020). Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000143843.
  30. ^ Jasen pages 104, 105
  31. ^ "Ernest Hogan". American Vaudeville Museum. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  32. ^ Jasen pages 34, 35
  33. ^ Jasen pages 178, 179
  34. ^ Jasen pages 38, 41
  35. ^ Jasen pages 242, 243
  36. ^ Jasen pages 82, 87, 89
  37. ^ Jasen pages 59, 60
  38. ^ Edwards, Bill. "RagPiano.com - Male Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information (Page 2)". RagPiano.com. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  39. ^ Jasen pages 198, 199
  40. ^ Jasen pages 122, 126
  41. ^ ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (Third ed.). ASCAP. 1966. p. 377. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  42. ^ "Everybody Rag with me". Digital Sheet Music Collection. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  43. ^ "Category:Sandy, Grace Linn - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  44. ^ Jasen pages 143, 144
  45. ^ a b Lyons, George; Yosco, Bob. "Spaghetti rag". University of Colorado Boulder Music Library. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  46. ^ Jasen pages 106, 109
  47. ^ Jasen pages 182, 184
  48. ^ Jasen pages 228, 229
  49. ^ ""Blind Willie" McTell (1898–1959)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  50. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  51. ^ Jasen pages 253, 255
  52. ^ Jasen page 231
  53. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  54. ^ Jasen page 180
  55. ^ Jasen pages 187, 188
  56. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  57. ^ Jasen pages 150, 151
  58. ^ Jasen page 232
  59. ^ Jasen pages 111, 113
  60. ^ Jasen pages 249, 250
  61. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  62. ^ "Female Composers of Ragtime by Ted Tjaden". www.ragtimepiano.ca. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  63. ^ Jasen pages 195, 223
  64. ^ "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.
  65. ^ Jasen pages 185, 186
  66. ^ Jasen pages 153, 154
  67. ^ a b Jasen pages 28, 29
  68. ^ Jasen pages 247, 248
  69. ^ Women Composers of Ragtime
  70. ^ Jasen page 156
  71. ^ Jasen pages 61, 62
  72. ^ Later Composers of Ragtime
  73. ^ "James F. Andris". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  74. ^ Jasen page 285
  75. ^ "Tom Brier - Ragtime Pianist and Composer". Tom Brier. January 4, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  76. ^ Jasen pages 288, 289
  77. ^ "Sune "Sumpen" Borg". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  78. ^ Jasen pages 267, 268
  79. ^ "Contemporary Ragtime". ragpiano.com. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  80. ^ "Frank French". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  81. ^ "Ragnar Hellspong". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  82. ^ Jasen pages 272, 273
  83. ^ "Hal Isbitz". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  84. ^ "Glenn Jenks". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  85. ^ "Search Results for "ragtime" – Alijam Music". Archived from the original on April 2, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  86. ^ Jasen pages 269, 270
  87. ^ "Peter Lundberg". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  88. ^ "Oleg Mezjuev". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  89. ^ "Selected Music from Venge Art by Gary Noland". Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  90. ^ "Category:Simpson, Cameron Lee - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  91. ^ Jasen page 282
  92. ^ "Joakim Stenshäll". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  93. ^ "Kjell Waltman". Oleg Mezjuev. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  94. ^ "Rags Stomps and Stride | Access Contemporary Music". Acmusic.org. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  95. ^ "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.