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.

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)

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"Slippery Elm Rag" (Clarence Woods)

entry |1 pages

"Smart Alec" (Zez Confrey)

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"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)

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"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)

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"Spaghetti Rag" (George Lyons and Bob Yosco)

entry |1 pages

"Spring Fever" (Rube Bloom)

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"Spring-Time Rag" (Paul Pratt)

entry |1 pages

"St. Louis Rag" (Tom Turpin)

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"St. Louis Tickle" (Theron Bennett credited to Barney and Seymore)

entry |3 pages

John Stark

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"Steeplechase Rag" (James P. Johnson)

entry |1 pages

"Stompin' 'Em Down" (Alex Hill)

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"Stop It" (James P. Johnson)

entry |1 pages

"Stoptime Rag" (Scott Joplin)

entry |2 pages

Charley Straight

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"The Strenuous Life" (Scott Joplin)

entry |2 pages

Stride Ragtime

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"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)

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T

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“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