List of ragtime composers

A list of ragtime composers, including a famous or characteristic composition.

Pre-1940

• Felix Arndt (1889–1918), "Nola" (1916)^[1]
• May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908)^[2]
• Roy Bargy (1894–1974), "Pianoflage" (1922)^[3]
• William Beebe, "Ragtime March" (1897)
• 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" (1917)^[7]
• 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]
• Euday L. Bowman (1887–1949), "Twelfth Street Rag" (1914)^[10]
• Thomas E. Broady (1877–1907), "Whittling Remus"
• Brun Campbell (1884–1952), "Barber Shop Rag"^[11]
• Wilbur Campbell (1889–1951), "Shoe Tickler Rag" (1911)
• Louis Chauvin (1881–1908), "Heliotrope Bouquet" (1907)^[12]
• Axel Christensen (1881–1955), "The Ragtime Wedding March (Apologies to Mendelssohn)" (1902)^[13]
• George L. Cobb (1886–1942), "Russian Rag"^[14]
• Zez Confrey (1895–1971), "Kitten on the Keys" (1921)^[15]
• Les C. Copeland (1887–1942), "French Pastry Rag" (1914)^[16]
• Cecil Duane Crabb (1890–1953), "Fluffy Ruffles" (1907)^[4]
• Reverend Gary Davis (1896–1972),^[17] "Italian Rag"
• Claude Debussy (1862–1918),^[18] "Golliwogg's Cakewalk" and "Général Lavine"
• James Reese Europe (1880–1919), "Castle House Rag"^[4]
• Ernst Fischer (1900–1975),^[19] "Pretty Baby"
• George Gershwin (1898–1937), "Rialto Ripples" (1917)
• Lucian Porter Gibson (1890–1959), "Jinx Rag" (1911)^[4]
• George Hamilton Green (1893–1970), "Ragtime Robin"^[20]
• Gene Greene (1877–1930), "King of the Bungaloos" (1911)^[21]
• Harry P. Guy (1870–1950), "Echoes from the Snowball Club" (1898)^[4]
• R. J. Hamilton, "Ragtime Patrol" (1897)
• 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)^[22]
• Wallie Herzer (1885–1961), "Everybody Two-Step"
• Ernest Hogan (1865–1909),^[23] "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)^[24]
• Harry Jentes (1887–1958), "Bantam Step" (1916)^[25]
• Charles L. Johnson (1876–1950), "Dill Pickles" (1906)^[26]
• James P. Johnson (1891–1955), "Carolina Shout" (1925)^[27]
• Scott Joplin (1867–1917), "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899) and "The Entertainer" (1902)^[28]
• Joe Jordan (1882–1971), "That Teasin' Rag" (1909)^[29]
• Sadie Koninsky (1879–1952), "Eli Green's Cake Walk" (1898)^[6]
• Max Kortlander (1890–1961), "Deuces Wild" (1923)^[30]
• William Krell (1868–1933), "Mississippi Rag" (1897)^[4]
• Joseph Lamb (1887–1960), "Top Liner Rag" (1916) and "American Beauty Rag" (1913)^[31]
• Henry Lodge (1884–1933), "Temptation Rag" (1909)^[32]
• Arthur Marshall (1881–1968), "Ham And!" (1908)^[33]
• Artie Matthews (1888–1958), "Pastime Rag No. 3" (1916)^[34]
• Billy Mayerl (1902–1959), "The Jazz Master" (1925)^[35]
• Blind Willie McTell (1898–1959)^[36] "Southern Can Is Mine"
• Kerry Mills (1869–1948), "At a Georgia Campmeeting" (1897)^[4]
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941), "Frog-I-More Rag" (1918)^[37]
• Julia Lee Niebergall (1886–1968), "Hoosier Rag" (1907)^[6]
• Theodore Havermeyer Northrup (1866–1919), "Louisiana Rag" (1897)^[4]
• Phil Ohman (1896–1954), "Dixie Kisses"^[38]
• Paul Charles Pratt (1890–1948), "Colonial Glide" (1910)^[39]
• Arthur Pryor (1870–1942), "Razzazza Mazzazza" (1905)^[4]
• Luckey Roberts (1887–1968), "Junk Man Rag" (1913)^[40]
• J. Russel Robinson (1892–1963), "Sapho Rag" (1909)^[41]
• Paul Sarebresole (1875–1911), "Roustabout Rag" (1897)
• Arthur Schutt (1902–1965), "Bluin' the Black Keys" (1926)^[42]
• James Scott (1885–1938), "Frog Legs Rag" (1906) and "Grace and Beauty" (1909) ^[43]
• Adaline Shepherd (1883–1950), "Pickles and Peppers" (1906)^[6]
• Russell Smith (1890–1969), "That Demon Rag" (1911)
• Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897–1973), "Rippling Waters"^[44]
• 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]
• Charley Straight (1891–1940), "Rufenreddy" (1921)^[45]
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), "Piano-Rag-Music" (1919)
• Robert Morrison Stults (1861–1933), "Walkin' on de Rainbow Road" (1899)^[46]
• Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), "Down Home Rag" (1911)^[4]
• Charles Hubbard Thompson (1891–1964), "The Lily Rag" (1914)^[47]
• Harry Tierney (1890–1965), "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1911)^[48]
• Tom Turpin (1873–1922), "Harlem Rag" (1897)^[49]
• Fats Waller (1904–1943), "Valentine Stomp" (1929)^[50]
• Percy Wenrich (1880–1952), "Peaches and Cream" (1905)^[4]
• Clarence C. Wiley (1883–1908), "Car-Barlick Acid" (1901)^[4]
• Clarence Woods (1888–1956), "Slippery Elm Rag" (1912)^[51]
• Calvin Woolsey (1884–1946), "Medic Rag" (1910)^[52]

Modern ragtime composers (since 1940)

• William Albright (1944–1998), "Brass Knuckles"
• Peter Andersson (born 1968), "The River Boat Slow Drag"
• James F. Andris, "The St. Louis Zoo Rag"
• Donald Ashwander (born 1929)^[53]
• Rami Bar-Niv "Blue-Rag" "Drag-Rag" "Breezy Rider Rag" "Plain Ol' Rag" "Shmateh-Rag"
• Neil Blaze "Rosewood Rag"
• William Bolcom (born 1938), "The Graceful Ghost"^[54]
• Sune "Sumpen" Borg (1931–2002), "Ylva Rag"
• Arthur Breur (born 1968) "A Shpadoinkle Rag (2013)" "George Takei Rag (2013)" "Solace - an homage to Joplin's Mexican serenade (2009)" "Kiwi Rag (1986)"
• Tom Brier (born 1971) "Goldeneye Rag"
• Dave Brubeck (1920–2012) "It's a Raggy Waltz" (1961)
• Lou Busch (1910–1979) "Carr's Hop" (1952)^[55]
• Bob Darch (1920–2002) "Suicide Table Rag"
• Bill Edwards, "The Hanon Rag"
• Richard Egan (born 1959), "Campbellmania"
• Keith Emerson (1944–2016), "Barrelhouse Shakedown"
• Stephen Flaherty (born 1960), Ragtime
• Frank French, "Belle of Louisville"
• Robin Frost (born 1930), "Space Shuffle"
• Ragnar Hellspong (born 1944), "Rag's Rag"
• Dick Hyman (born 1927), "Ragtime Razz Matazz" (1958)^[56]
• Mattias Högberg (co-composer) "Bowler Hat Rag"
• Ragnar Hellspong (born 1944), "Rag's Rag"
• Hal Isbitz (born 1931), "Chandelier Rag"
• Dave Jasen (born 1937), "Raymond's Rag"
• Daniel Jencka, "Frederick's Royal Rag"
• Glenn Jenks, "The Harbour Rag"
• Billy Joel (born 1949), "Root Beer Rag" (1974)
• Vincent M. Johnson, "Tiffany Lamp Rag"
• Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957), "Russian Rag"
• Sue Keller (born 1952), "Cranberry Stomp"
• Scott Kirby, "Ravenna"
• Bill Krenz (1899 – 1980), "Mud Cat Rag" (1953)^[57]
• Florian Krueger (born 1993), "Hok Him Rag"
• Tom Lehrer (born 1928), "The Vatican Rag"
• Peter Lundberg (born 1942), "Gothenburg Rag"
• Johnny Maddox, "Friday Night Stomp"
• Edward Maraga, "El Sereno Rag"
• Eric Marchese, "The Grape Vine"
• Paul McCartney (born 1942) "Martha My Dear", "Honey Pie" (1968), "You Gave Me the Answer" (1975)
• Oleg Mezjuev (born 1966), "Café Parisién"
• Larisa Migachyov, "The Purple Chicken Rag"
• Gilles Monfort, "Hemlock Leaf Rag"
• Max Morath (born 1926), "One for Amelia"
• Ron O'Dell (born 1970), "Mad Scientist Rag"
• Andrew O'Donnell "The Rag of A Thousand Terrors"
• Carter Pann (born 1972), "The Bills"
• Rudolf B. Radna (born 1975), "Tuxedo Vegas" "Vinegar Rag"
• John Reed-Torres "Spring Street Rag"
• David Thomas Roberts (born 1955), "Roberto Clemente"
• Aaron Robinson (born 1970) "Bluet Rag"
• Reginald Robinson (born 1972), "The Strong Man"
• Ron Ross, "Digital Rag"
• PJ Schmidt (1944–1999), "French Vanilla, Mathilda's Waltz & Father Martin's Song"
• Thomas Shea (1931–1982),^[58] "Little Wabash Special"
• Joakim Stenshäll (1962–2009), "Entropy Rag"
• Trebor Jay Tichenor (1940–2014), "Bucksnort Stomp"
• Hiromi Uehara (born 1979), "The Tom and Jerry Show" (2003)
• Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), "Spinach Rag"
• Kjell Waltman (born 1960), "Orange Blossoms"
• Brent Watkins "Cedar River Ramble"
• Chris Ware (born 1967), "Farewell"
• Ian Whitcomb (born 1941), "Lawns of Louisiana", "Marzipan" and others
• 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. "Male Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information". Bill Edwards. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
5. Jasen pages 46, 47
6. "Female Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information". Bill Edwards. 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. Jasen pages 52, 53
12. Jasen pages 101, 103
13. http://www.ragpiano.com/comps/chrstnsn.shtml
14. Jasen pages 174, 175
15. Jasen pages 216, 218
16. Jasen pages 55, 57
17. "Rev. Gary Davis". AllMusic. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
18. Jacobs page 96
19. "Fischer, Ernst". Magdeburg Biographical Dictionary. University of Magdeburg. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
20. "George Hamilton Green". The Percussive Arts Society. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
21. "Gene Greene--Singer of "King of the Bungaloos"". Tim Gracyk. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
22. Jasen pages 104, 105
23. "Ernest Hogan". American Vaudeville Museum. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
24. Jasen pages 34, 35
25. Jasen pages 178, 179
26. Jasen pages 38, 41
27. Jasen pages 242, 243
28. Jasen pages 82, 87, 89
29. Jasen pages 59, 60
30. Jasen pages 198, 199
31. Jasen pages 122, 126
32. Jasen pages 143, 144
33. Jasen pages 106, 109
34. Jasen pages 182, 184
35. Jasen pages 228, 229
36. ""Blind Willie" McTell (1898-1959)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
37. Jasen pages 253, 255
38. Jasen page 231
39. Jasen page 180
40. Jasen pages 187, 188
41. Jasen pages 150, 151
42. Jasen page 232
43. Jasen pages 111, 113
44. Jasen pages 249, 250
45. Jasen pages 195, 223
46. "Walkin' on de Rainbow Road". Retrieved 2014-09-10.
47. Jasen pages 185, 186
48. Jasen pages 153, 154
49. Jasen pages 28, 29
50. Jasen pages 247, 248
51. Jasen page 156
52. Jasen pages 61, 62
53. Jasen page 285
54. Jasen pages 288, 289
55. Jasen pages 267, 268
56. Jasen pages 272, 273
57. Jasen pages 269, 270
58. Jasen page 282

References

• Jacobs, Arthur (1967). A New Dictionary of Music. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books.
• Jasen, David A.; Trebor Jay Tichenor (1978). Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-25922-6.