ABSTRACT
Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography is the definitive reference work for this important popular form of music that flourished from the 1890s through the 1920s, and was one of the key predecessors of jazz. It collects for the first time entries on all the important composers and performers, and descriptions of their works; a complete listing of all known published ragtime compositions, even those self-published and known only in single copies; and a complete discography from the cylinder era to today. It also represents the culmination of a lifetime’s research for its author, considered to be the foremost scholar of ragtime and early twentiethh-century popular music. Rare photographs accompany most entries, taken from the original sheets, newspapers, and other archival sources.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |7 pages
A
entry |2 pages
Advanced Ragtime, 1913–1917
entry |1 pages
“African Pas” (Maurice Kirwin)
entry |1 pages
“African Ripples” (Thomas Waller)
entry |1 pages
African Suite (“Mississippi Shivers,” “High Hattin’,” “Kinda Careless”) (Zez Confrey)
entry |1 pages
“Agitation Rag” (Robert Hampton)
entry |1 pages
“Alaskan Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |2 pages
“Amazon Rag” (Teddy Hahn)
entry |1 pages
“American Beauty Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Angel Food” (Al F. Marzian)
entry |1 pages
“Applejack, Some Rag” (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
“Arctic Sunset” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |2 pages
Donald Ashwander
entry |1 pages
May Frances Aufderheide
letter |21 pages
B
entry |1 pages
“Back to Life” (Charles Hunter)
entry |1 pages
“The Baltimore Blues” (Henry Lodge)
entry |2 pages
Banjo Ragtime
entry |1 pages
“Bantam Step” (Harry Jentes)
entry |1 pages
“Barber Shop Rag” (Brun Campbell)
entry |2 pages
Roy Fredrick Bargy
entry |1 pages
“Bee Hive” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Bees and Honey Rag” (Les Copeland)
entry |1 pages
Theron Catlen Bennett
entry |1 pages
Mike Bernard
entry |1 pages
“Bert Williams” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Billiken Rag” (E. J. Stark)
entry |1 pages
“Bird-Brain Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Black and White Rag” (George Botsford)
entry |1 pages
“A Black Bawl” (Harry C. Thompson)
entry |1 pages
“A Black Smoke” (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
“Black Wasp Rag” (H. A. Fischler)
entry |4 pages
James Hubert (Eubie) Blake
entry |1 pages
“Blame It on the Blues” (Charles L. Cooke)
entry |2 pages
Rudi Blesh
entry |1 pages
“Blooie-Blooie” (Edythe Baker)
entry |2 pages
Rube Bloom
entry |1 pages
“Blue Clover Man” (Max Kortlander)
entry |1 pages
“Blue Goose Rag” (as Raymond Birch)
entry |1 pages
“Blue Grass Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Blue Rag” (Brun Campbell)
entry |1 pages
“A Blue Streak” (Roy Bargy)
entry |1 pages
“Bohemia” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |2 pages
William Elden Bolcom
entry |1 pages
“Bolo Rag” (Albert Gumble)
entry |1 pages
“Bombshell Rag” (Thomas R. Confare and Morris Silver)
entry |1 pages
“Bon Ton” (Luckey Roberts)
entry |1 pages
“Bone Head Blues” (Leo Gordon)
entry |2 pages
George Botsford
entry |1 pages
“The Bounding Buck” (Henry Lodge)
entry |2 pages
“Bowery Buck” (Tom Turpin)
entry |1 pages
Euday Louis Bowman
entry |1 pages
“Brain-Storm Rag” (Bud Manchester)
entry |1 pages
“A Breeze from Alabama” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Bric-a-Brac Rag” (Maurice Porcelain)
entry |1 pages
“The Buffalo Rag” (Tom Turpin)
entry |3 pages
Louis Ferdinand Busch
letter |24 pages
C
entry |2 pages
Cakewalk
entry |1 pages
“California Sunshine” (Harry Jentes)
entry |1 pages
“Calliope Rag” (James Scott)
entry |2 pages
Sanford Brunson Campbell
entry |1 pages
“Campbell Cakewalk” (Brun Campbell)
entry |3 pages
“Can Ragtime Be Surpressed?”
entry |1 pages
“Canadian Capers” (Henry Cohen, Gus Chandler, and Bert White)
entry |1 pages
“Cannon Ball” (Jos. C. Northup)
entry |1 pages
“Caprice Rag” (James P. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
“Car-Barlick-Acid Rag-Time” (Clarence C. Wiley)
entry |1 pages
“Carolina FoxTrot” (Will H. Vodery)
entry |1 pages
“Carolina Shout” (James P. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
“The Cascades” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Castle House Rag” (James Reese Europe)
entry |1 pages
“The Cat’s Pajamas” (Harry Jentes)
entry |1 pages
“Cataract Rag” (Robert Hampton)
entry |1 pages
“Champagne Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Charleston Rag” (Eubie Blake)
entry |2 pages
“Chatterbox Rag” (George Botsford)
entry |3 pages
Louis Chauvin
entry |1 pages
“Chestnut Street in the 90s” (Brun Campbell)
entry |1 pages
“The Chevy Chase” (Eubie Blake)
entry |1 pages
“Chicago Breakdown” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Chicago Tickle” (also known as “The Tierney Rag”) (Harry Tierney)
entry |1 pages
“Chicken Chowder” (Irene Giblin)
entry |1 pages
“Chills and Fever” (Theron Bennett)
entry |2 pages
Axel Christensen
entry |1 pages
“Chromatic Rag” (Will Held)
entry |1 pages
“Cleopatra Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Climax Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Clover Club” (Felix Arndt)
entry |1 pages
“Coaxing the Piano” (Zez Confrey)
entry |3 pages
George L. Cobb
entry |1 pages
“Cole Smoak” (Clarence H. St. John)
entry |1 pages
“Colonial Glide” (Paul Pratt)
entry |4 pages
Edward Elzear (Zez) Confrey
entry |1 pages
“Contentment Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |3 pages
Leslie C. Copeland
entry |1 pages
“Coronation Rag” (Winifred Atwell)
entry |1 pages
“Cotton Bolls” (Charles Hunter)
entry |1 pages
“A Cotton Patch” (Chas. A. Tyler)
entry |1 pages
“Cotton Time” (Charles Neil Daniels)
entry |1 pages
“Cottontail Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Country Club” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Crab Apples” (Percy Wenrich)
entry |1 pages
“Cradle Rock” (Abe Frankl and Phil Kornheiser)
entry |1 pages
“Crazy Bone Rag” (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
“The Crazy Otto”
entry |1 pages
“Cum-Bac” (Charles L. Johnson)
letter |7 pages
D
entry |2 pages
Bob Darch
entry |2 pages
“Darkey Todalo, A Raggedy Rag” (Joe Jordan)
entry |1 pages
“Delmar Rag” (Charles Thompson)
entry |1 pages
“Deuces Wild” (Max Kortlander)
entry |1 pages
“Dew Drop Alley Stomp” (Sugar Underwood)
entry |2 pages
“Dill Pickles Rag” (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
“Dixie Dimples” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Dixie Kisses” (Phil Ohman)
entry |1 pages
“Dixie Queen, A Southern Ragtime” (Robert Hoffman)
entry |1 pages
“The Dockstader Rag” (Les Copeland)
entry |1 pages
“Doctor Brown” (Fred Irvin)
entry |1 pages
“Dog on the Piano” (Ted Shapiro)
entry |1 pages
“The Doll Dance” (Nacio Herb Brown)
entry |1 pages
“Don’t Jazz Me-Rag” (“I’m Music”) (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Double Fudge” (Joe Jordan)
entry |1 pages
“Down Home Rag” (Wilbur C. S. Sweatman)
entry |1 pages
“Dusty Rag” (May Aufderheide)
letter |9 pages
E
entry |4 pages
Early Ragtime, 1897–1905
entry |1 pages
“The Easy Winners” (Scott Joplin)
entry |2 pages
“Eccentric” (J. Russel Robinson)
entry |1 pages
Willie Eckstein
entry |1 pages
“Efficiency Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Eleventh Street Rag” (Euday Bowman)
entry |1 pages
“Elite Syncopations” (Scott Joplin)
entry |2 pages
“The Entertainer” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“The Entertainer’s Rag” (Jay Roberts)
entry |1 pages
“Erratic” (J. Russel Robinson)
entry |1 pages
“Essay in Ragtime” (Brun Campbell)
entry |1 pages
“Ethiopia Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Eugenia” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Euphonic Sounds” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Evergreen Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Evolution Rag” (Thomas S. Allen)
entry |1 pages
“Excelsior Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
letter |6 pages
F
entry |1 pages
“The Fascinator” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“The Favorite” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Felicity Rag” (Scott Hayden with Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Fig Leaf Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“The Finger Breaker” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Firefly Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Fizz Water” (Eubie Blake)
entry |1 pages
“Floating Along” (Henry Fredericks)
entry |1 pages
“Florida Rag” (George L. Lowry)
entry |1 pages
“Fourth Man Rag” (as written by Dick Hamilton and Jill Leland)
entry |1 pages
“Frances” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Freakish” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Freckles” (Larry Buck)
entry |1 pages
“Fred Heltman’s Rag” (Fred Heltman)
entry |1 pages
“French Pastry Rag” (Les Copeland)
entry |1 pages
“Fried Chicken Rag” (Ella Hudson Day)
entry |1 pages
“Frog-I-More Rag” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |2 pages
“Frog Legs Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Funeral Rag” (Max Kortlander)
entry |1 pages
“Funny Bones” (Calvin Woolsey)
entry |1 pages
“Funny Folks” (W. C. Powell [Polla])
letter |4 pages
G
entry |1 pages
“Georgia Grind” (Ford T. Dabney)
entry |1 pages
“Giddy Ditty” (Zez Confrey)
entry |1 pages
“Ginger Snap Rag” (Brun Campbell)
entry |1 pages
“Glad Rag” (Ribe Danmark [pseud. for J. B. Lampe])
entry |1 pages
“Gladiolus Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Good and Plenty Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Grace and Beauty” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Grandpa Stomps” (Brun Campbell)
entry |1 pages
“Grandpa’s Spells” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Greased Lightning” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Great Scott Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Greenwich Witch” (Zez Confrey)
entry |1 pages
“Gulbransen Rag” (Herb Willet)
letter |13 pages
H
entry |1 pages
“Ham And!” (Arthur Marshall)
entry |1 pages
“Handful of Keys” (Thomas Waller)
entry |2 pages
“Harlem Rag” (Tom Turpin)
entry |2 pages
Scott Hayden
entry |1 pages
“Heavy on the Catsup” (Lewis F. Muir)
entry |1 pages
“Heliotrope Bouquet” (Louis Chauvin with Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Hilarity Rag” (James Scott)
entry |4 pages
History of Ragtime Recordings
entry |1 pages
“Honey Moon Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Honey Rag” (Egbert Van Alstyne)
entry |1 pages
“Honeysuckle Rag” (George Botsford)
entry |1 pages
“Hoosier Rag” (Julia Lee Niebergall)
entry |1 pages
“Hop Scotch” (George L. Cobb)
entry |2 pages
“Horseshoe Rag” (Julia Lee Niebergall)
entry |1 pages
“Hot Chocolate Rag” (Malvin Franklin and Arthur Lange)
entry |1 pages
“Hot Cinders” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Hot Hands” (Charley Straight)
entry |1 pages
“Hot House Rag” (Paul Pratt)
entry |1 pages
“Humorestless” (Zez Confrey)
entry |2 pages
“Hungarian Rag” (Julius Lenzberg)
entry |2 pages
Charles Hunter
entry |1 pages
“Hyacinth” (George Botsford)
entry |1 pages
Richard Roven Hyman
letter |1 pages
I
entry |1 pages
“I’m Alabama Bound” (Robert Hoffman)
entry |1 pages
“The Incandescent Rag” (George Botsford)
entry |1 pages
“Invitation Rag” (Les Copeland)
letter |22 pages
J
entry |1 pages
“J. J. J. Rag” (Joe Jordan)
entry |1 pages
“Jack in the Box” (Zez Confrey)
entry |1 pages
“Jamaica Jinjer, a Hot Rag” (Egbert Van Alstyne)
entry |3 pages
David Alan Jasen
entry |1 pages
“Jay Walk” (Zez Confrey)
entry |2 pages
Harry Jentes
entry |1 pages
“Jersey Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Jim Jams” (Roy Bargy)
entry |1 pages
“Jingles” (James P. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
“Jinx Rag” (Lucian Porter Gibson)
entry |1 pages
“Joe Lamb’s Old Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |4 pages
Charles Leslie Johnson
entry |3 pages
James Price Johnson
entry |7 pages
Scott Joplin
entry |3 pages
The Joplin Tradition
entry |2 pages
Joe Jordan
entry |1 pages
“Jungle Time” (Eric Philip Severin)
entry |1 pages
“Just Ask Me” (Charles Hunter)
entry |1 pages
“Just Blue” (F. Wheeler Wadsworth and Victor Arden)
letter |5 pages
K
entry |1 pages
“Kalamity Kid” (Ferdinand Alexander Guttenberger)
entry |1 pages
“Kansas City Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Kansas City Stomp” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“King Porter Stomp” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Kinklets” (Arthur Marshall)
entry |1 pages
“Kismet Rag” (Scott Hayden with Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Kitchen Tom” (Eubie Blake)
entry |1 pages
“Kitten on the Keys” (Zez Confrey)
entry |1 pages
“Klondike Rag” (George Botsford)
entry |1 pages
“Knice and Knifty” (Charley Straight and Roy Bargy)
entry |2 pages
Max Kortlander
entry |2 pages
William Fred Krenz
letter |9 pages
L
entry |3 pages
Joseph Francis Lamb
entry |1 pages
“Lazy Luke” (George J. Philpot)
entry |1 pages
“Leola” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Lily Queen” (Arthur Marshall)
entry |1 pages
“The Lily Rag” (Charles Thompson)
entry |1 pages
“The Lion Tamer Rag” (Mark Janza)
entry |1 pages
“Little Bit of Rag” (Paul Pratt)
entry |1 pages
“Little Jack’s Rag” (Arthur Marshall)
entry |3 pages
Thomas Henry Lodge
entry |1 pages
“Louisiana Glide” (Blind Leroy Garnett)
entry |2 pages
“Louisiana Rag” (Theodore Northrup)
entry |1 pages
“Louisiana Rag” (Harry Austin Tierney)
entry |1 pages
“Lover’s Lane Glide” (Calvin Woolsey)
letter |18 pages
M
entry |1 pages
“Magnetic Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Mandy’s Broadway Stroll” (Thomas E. Broady)
entry |3 pages
“Maple Leaf Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |2 pages
Arthur Marshall
entry |1 pages
“Mashed Potatoes” (Calvin Woolsey)
entry |2 pages
Artie Matthews
entry |2 pages
Billy Mayerl
entry |1 pages
“Medic Rag” (Calvin Woolsey)
entry |1 pages
“Melodic Rag” (Eubie Blake)
entry |1 pages
“Melody Rag” (as Raymond Birch)
entry |1 pages
“Meteor Rag” (Arthur C. Morse)
entry |1 pages
“The Midnight Trot” (George L. Cobb)
entry |2 pages
Mills Music, Inc.
entry |1 pages
“The Minstrel Man” (J. Russel Robinson)
entry |1 pages
“Missouri Romp” (Arthur Marshall)
entry |1 pages
“Modesty Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Modulations” (Clarence M. Jones)
entry |1 pages
Max Morath
entry |4 pages
Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“The Music Box Rag” (Luckey Roberts)
entry |1 pages
“Muslin Rag” (Mel B. Kaufman)
entry |1 pages
“My Pet” (Zez Confrey)
letter |4 pages
N
entry |1 pages
“The Naked Dance” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Nappy Lee” (Joe Jordan)
entry |1 pages
“New Era Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“The New Russian Rag” (George L. Cobb)
entry |1 pages
“Nickel in the Slot” (Zez Confrey)
entry |1 pages
“Nonpareil” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Nothin”’ (Luckey Roberts)
entry |3 pages
Novelty Ragtime, 1918–1928
letter |9 pages
O
entry |1 pages
“Oh You Devil” (Ford T. Dabney)
entry |1 pages
“Oh! Willie, Play that Thing” (Bill Krenz)
entry |2 pages
Philmore (Phil) Ohman
entry |1 pages
“The Old Home Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“The Old Professor” (Dick Hyman)
entry |1 pages
“Old Virginia Rag” (Clyde Douglass)
entry |1 pages
“Omeomy” (Roy Bargy)
entry |2 pages
“On the Pike” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“One o’ Them Things!” (James Chapman and Leroy Smith)
entry |2 pages
“Ophelia Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
Orchestrated Ragtime
entry |1 pages
“Oriental Blues” (Jack Newlon)
entry |1 pages
“Original Rags” (Scott Joplin, arr. Charles N. Daniels)
entry |3 pages
Vess L. Ossman
letter |16 pages
P
entry |1 pages
“Palm Leaf Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Pan-Am Rag” (Tom Turpin)
entry |1 pages
“Panama Rag” (Cy Seymour)
entry |1 pages
“Paragon Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Paramount Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Pastime Rag No. 1” (Artie Matthews)
entry |2 pages
“Pastime Rag No. 2” (Artie Matthews)
entry |1 pages
“Pastime Rag No. 3” (Artie Matthews)
entry |1 pages
“Pastime Rag No. 4” (Artie Matthews)
entry |1 pages
“Pastime Rag No. 5” (Artie Matthews)
entry |2 pages
“Patricia Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Peace and Plenty Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Peaceful Henry” (Edward Harry Kelly)
entry |1 pages
“The Peach” (Arthur Marshall)
entry |1 pages
“Peacherine Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Peaches and Cream” (Percy Wenrich)
entry |1 pages
“Pear Blossoms” (Scott Hayden)
entry |1 pages
“The Pearls” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Peak-a-Boo Rag” (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
“Pegasus” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Pekin Rag” (Joe Jordan)
entry |1 pages
“Perfect Rag” (Jelly Roll Morton)
entry |1 pages
“Peroxide Rag” (Calvin Woolsey)
entry |1 pages
“Perpetual Rag” (Harry Thomas)
entry |1 pages
“Persian Lamb Rag” (Percy Wenrich)
entry |1 pages
“Petticoat Lane” (Euday Bowman)
entry |1 pages
“Piano Salad” (George L. Cobb)
entry |1 pages
“Pianoflage” (Roy Bargy)
entry |1 pages
“Pickles and Peppers” (Adaline Shepherd)
entry |1 pages
“Pine Apple Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Pink Poodle” (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |2 pages
“The Pippin Rag” (Arthur Marshall)
entry |1 pages
“Poison Rag” (Calvin Woolsey)
entry |1 pages
“Poor Buttermilk” (Zez Confrey)
entry |1 pages
“Poor Katie Red” (“Eubie’s Slow Drag”) (Eubie Blake)
entry |2 pages
“The Pop Corn Man” (Jean Schwartz)
entry |4 pages
Popular Ragtime, 1906–1912
entry |1 pages
“Popularity” (George Michael Cohan)
entry |1 pages
“Pork and Beans” (Theron Bennett)
entry |1 pages
“Pork and Beans” (Luckey Roberts)
entry |1 pages
“Possum and ‘Taters, a Ragtime Feast” (Charles Hunter)
entry |1 pages
“Powder Rag” (as Raymond Birch)
entry |1 pages
Paul Charles Pratt
entry |1 pages
“Pride of the Smoky Row” (“Q Rag”) (J. M. Wilcockson)
entry |1 pages
“Prosperity Rag” (James Scott)
letter |1 pages
Q
entry |1 pages
“Quality” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Queen of Love-Two-Step” (Charles Hunter)
letter |38 pages
R
entry |1 pages
“Race Track Blues” (Les Copeland)
entry |1 pages
“Rag-a-Bit” (Charley Straight)
entry |1 pages
“Rag Doll” (Nacio Herb Brown)
entry |1 pages
“Rag Picker’s Rag” (Robert J. O’Brien)
entry |1 pages
“Rag Sentimental” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
Rag Song
entry |2 pages
“Ragging the Scale” (Edward B. Claypoole)
entry |1 pages
“The Raggy Fox Trot” (Laurence E. Goffin)
entry |1 pages
“Ragman’s Exercise” (Harry D. Squires)
entry |2 pages
Ragtime
entry |10 pages
Ragtime as a Form and a Fad
entry |1 pages
“The Ragtime Betty” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Ragtime Bobolink” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Ragtime Chimes” (Egbert Van Alstyne)
entry |1 pages
“Ragtime Chimes” (Percy Wenrich)
entry |1 pages
“The Ragtime Dance” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Ragtime Fantasy for Piano & Orchestra” (Dick Hyman)
entry |1 pages
“Ragtime Nightingale” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“A Ragtime Nightmare” (Tom Turpin)
entry |1 pages
“Ragtime Oriole” (James Scott)
entry |2 pages
Ragtime Performance
entry |1 pages
The Ragtime Pianist
entry |4 pages
Ragtime Publications
entry |8 pages
The Ragtime Revival, 1941–1978
entry |1 pages
“Ragtime Special” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Ramshackle Rag” (Ted Snyder)
entry |1 pages
“Rapid Transit Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |2 pages
“Red Pepper, a Spicy Rag” (Henry Lodge)
entry |1 pages
“Reflection Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Reindeer” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |3 pages
Jerome H. Remick and Company
entry |2 pages
Harry Reser
entry |1 pages
“Ripples of the Nile” (Luckey Roberts)
entry |2 pages
Robbins Music Corporation
entry |3 pages
Charles Luckeyth Roberts
entry |2 pages
J. Russel Robinson
entry |1 pages
“Rocky Mountain Fox” (Les Copeland)
entry |2 pages
Wally Rose
entry |1 pages
“Rose Leaf Rag” (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
“Rubber Plant Rag” (George L. Cobb)
entry |1 pages
“Rufenreddy” (Charley Straight and Roy Bargy)
entry |1 pages
“Russian Rag” (George L. Cobb)
letter |23 pages
S
entry |1 pages
“S.O.S.” (“Musician's Distress”) (K. W. Bradshaw and Joe McGrade)
entry |1 pages
"Sapho Rag" (J. Russel Robinson)
entry |1 pages
"Satisfied" (Theron Bennett)
entry |1 pages
"Scandalous Thompson" (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
Arthur Schutt
entry |3 pages
James Sylvester Scott
entry |1 pages
"Scott Joplin's New Rag" (Scott Joplin)
entry |2 pages
"Search Light Rag" (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
"Sensation Rag" (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
"Shamrock Rag" (Euday Bowman)
entry |1 pages
"Shave 'Em Dry" (Sam Wishnuff)
entry |2 pages
Thomas William Shea
entry |1 pages
"Shimmie Shoes" (Max Kortlander)
entry |1 pages
"The Shovel Fish" (Harry L. Cook)
entry |1 pages
"Shy and Sly" (Luckey Roberts)
entry |1 pages
"Slipova" (Roy Bargy)
entry |1 pages
"Silver Rocket" (Arthur Marshall)
entry |2 pages
"Silver Swan Rag" (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
"Sleepy Hollow Rag" (Clarence Woods)
entry |1 pages
"Slippery Elm Rag" (Clarence Woods)
entry |1 pages
"Smart Alec" (Zez Confrey)
entry |1 pages
"The Smiler Rag" (Percy Wenrich)
entry |1 pages
"Smiles and Chuckles" (Frank Henri Klickman)
entry |2 pages
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Berthloff (Willie "The Lion" Smith)
entry |1 pages
"S'more" (Charley Straight)
entry |1 pages
"Snappin' Turtle Rag" (Charles L. Cooke)
entry |1 pages
"Sneaky Shuffles" (Henry Lodge)
entry |1 pages
"Sneeky Peet" (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
"Snookums" (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
"Snuggle Pup" (George L. Cobb)
entry |1 pages
"Some Blues for You All" (Theron Bennett)
entry |1 pages
"Something Doing" (Scott Hayden with Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
"Soup and Fish Rag" (Harry Jentes with Pete Wendling)
entry |1 pages
"Sour Grapes" (Will B. Morrison)
entry |1 pages
"Southern Beauties" (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
"Spaghetti Rag" (George Lyons and Bob Yosco)
entry |1 pages
"Spring Fever" (Rube Bloom)
entry |1 pages
"Spring-Time Rag" (Paul Pratt)
entry |1 pages
"St. Louis Rag" (Tom Turpin)
entry |2 pages
"St. Louis Tickle" (Theron Bennett credited to Barney and Seymore)
entry |3 pages
John Stark
entry |1 pages
"Steeplechase Rag" (James P. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
"Stompin' 'Em Down" (Alex Hill)
entry |1 pages
"Stop It" (James P. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
"Stoptime Rag" (Scott Joplin)
entry |2 pages
Charley Straight
entry |1 pages
"The Strenuous Life" (Scott Joplin)
entry |2 pages
Stride Ragtime
entry |1 pages
"Sugar Cane" (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
"A Summer Breeze" (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
"Sunburst Rag" (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
"Sunflower Slow Drag" (Scott Hayden with Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
"Swanee Ripples" (Walter E. Blaufuss)
entry |1 pages
"Sweet and Tender" (Roy Bargy)
entry |2 pages
"Sweet Pickles" (credited to George E. Florence)
entry |1 pages
"Swipesy Cakewalk" (Arthur Marshall with Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
"The Sycamore" (Scott Joplin)
entry |1 pages
"Sycamore Saplin" (Theron Bennett)
letter |17 pages
T
entry |1 pages
“Talk of the Town” (Elijah W. Jimerson and Marietta Cranston)
entry |1 pages
“Teasing the Cat” (Charles L. Johnson)
entry |1 pages
“Teddy in the Jungle” (Edward J. Freeberg)
entry |2 pages
“Temptation Rag” (Henry Lodge)
entry |1 pages
“Ten Penny Rag” (Clarence E. Brandon and Billy Smythe)
entry |1 pages
“A Tennessee Jubilee” (Thomas E. Broady)
entry |1 pages
“A Tennessee Tantalizer” (Charles Hunter)
entry |1 pages
“Tent Show Rag” (Brun Campbell)
entry |1 pages
“Texas Rag” (Callis Welborn Jackson)
entry |1 pages
“That Demon Rag” (Russell Smith)
entry |1 pages
“That Futuristic Rag” (Rube Bloom)
entry |1 pages
“That Rag” (Ted Browne)
entry |1 pages
“That Teasin’ Rag” (Joe Jordan)
entry |1 pages
“That’s a Plenty” (Lew Pollack)
entry |2 pages
Charles Hubbard Thompson
entry |1 pages
“Thoroughbred Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
Three over Four
entry |1 pages
“The Thriller” (May Aufderheide)
entry |3 pages
Trebor Jay Tichenor
entry |1 pages
“Tickled to Death” (Charles Hunter)
entry |1 pages
“Tiddle-De-Winks” (Melville Morris)
entry |2 pages
Harry Austin Tierney
entry |1 pages
Tin Pan Alley Steals from Ragtime Composers
entry |1 pages
“Tin Pan Rag” (Lou Busch)
entry |1 pages
“Toad Stool Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Tom and Jerry Rag” (Jerry Cammack)
entry |1 pages
“Too Much Raspberry” (Sydney K. Russell)
entry |1 pages
“Top Liner Rag” (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
“Torpedo Rag” (George Oscar Young)
entry |1 pages
“A Totally Different Rag” (May Aufderheide)
entry |1 pages
“Town Talk” (Elmer Olson)
entry |2 pages
“Triangle Jazz Blues” (Irwin P. Leclere)
entry |1 pages
“Trilby Rag” (Carey Morgan)
entry |1 pages
“Troubadour Rag” (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
“Troublesome Ivories” (also known as “Ragtime Rag”) (Eubie Blake)
entry |2 pages
Thomas M. J. Turpin
entry |2 pages
“Twelfth Street Rag” (Euday L. Bowman)
entry |1 pages
“Twist and Twirl” (Les Copeland)
letter |2 pages
U
entry |1 pages
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Harry Austin Tierney)
entry |1 pages
"Universal Rag" (George Botsford)
entry |1 pages
"Universal Rag" (Charley Straight with McKay)
entry |1 pages
"Up and Down in China" (Willard Robison)
letter |3 pages
V
entry |1 pages
"Valentine Stomp" (Thomas "Fats" Waller)
entry |3 pages
Fred Van Eps
entry |1 pages
"Variety Rag" (Harry Austin Tierney)
entry |1 pages
"Victory Rag" (James Scott)
entry |1 pages
"Vivacity Rag" (Frank C. Keithley)
letter |8 pages
W
entry |1 pages
"Wall Street Rag" (Scott Joplin)
entry |2 pages
Thomas Wright (Fats) Waller
entry |1 pages
"Walper House Rag" (Joseph Lamb)
entry |1 pages
"Water Wagon Blues" (George L. Cobb)
entry |1 pages
"The Watermelon Trust" (Harry C. Thompson)
entry |1 pages
"Weeping Willow" (Scott Joplin)
entry |2 pages
Percy Wenrich
entry |1 pages
"West Coast Rag" (Will Ezell)
entry |1 pages
"Whitewash Man" (Jean Schwartz)
entry |1 pages
"Whittling Remus" (Thomas E. Broady)
entry |1 pages
"Who Let the Cows Out, a Bully Rag" (Charles Humfeld)
entry |1 pages
"Whoa! Nellie" (George Gould)
entry |1 pages
"Why We Smile" (Charles Hunter)
entry |1 pages
"Wild Cherries" (Ted Snyder)
entry |1 pages
H. Clarence Woods
entry |2 pages
Calvin Lee Woolsey
letter |2 pages
Y
entry |1 pages
"Yankee Land" (Max Hoffman)
entry |1 pages
"You Tell 'Em Ivories" (Zez Confrey)
letter |2 pages
Z
entry |2 pages
Dick Zimmerman