Ragtime Piano Music

Title Music
1897
Harlem Rag (Two Step) Tom Turpin; arranged by D. S. De Lisle
1898
Mandy's Broadway Stroll Thomas E. Broady
1899
A Tennessee Jubilee Thomas E. Broady
Alabana Dream George D. Barnard
Big Foot Lou Joseph Gearen
Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin
The Entertainer Scott Joplin
Tickled to Death (Rag Time March and Two Step) Charles Hunter
Whistling Rufus Frederick Allen Mills
1900
A Tennessee Tantalizer--A Ragtime Tickler Charles Hunter
Possum and Taters Charles Hunter
Whistling Remus Thomas E. Broady
1901
Cotton Bolls--Two Step Charles Hunter
Queen of Love--Two Step Charles Hunter
The Smokey Topaz Grace M. Bolen
1902
A Breeze from Alabama--A Ragtime Two Step Scott Joplin
Cleopha--March and Two Step Scott Joplin
Elite Syncopations Scott Joplin
The Entertainer--A Ragime Two Step Scott Joplin
The Strenuous Life--A Ragtime Two Step Scott Joplin
1903
The St. Louis Rag Thomas Million Turpin
1904
One o' Them Things! James Chapman & Leroy Smith
St. Louis Tickle "Barney & Seymour" (actually Theron C. Bennett?)
The Cascades (A Rag) Scott Joplin
1905
The Rose-bud March Scott Joplin
1906
Dill Pickles (Two Step) Charles L. Johnson
Tom and Jerry Rag [published in 1917 by Stark Music Co.] Jerre Cammack
1907
Heliotrope Bouquet--A Slow Drag Two-Step Scott Joplin with Louis Chauvin
Sweet Pickles Theron C. Bennett (alias for George E. Florence)
1908
Dusty Rag May Aufderheide
Fig Leaf Rag Scott Joplin
Southern Rag Medley 1: Strains from the Alleys Blind Boone (aka John W. Boone)
The Stinging Bee (Rag-Time Two-Step Characteristic) Mike Bernard
1909
Southern Rag Medley 2: Strains from the Flat Branch Blind Boone (aka John W. Boone)
The Lobster Glide Malvin M. Franklin
The Thriller Rag May Aufderheide
1910
Chimes homer Denney
The Entertainer's Rag Jay Roberts
1911
Ragtime Oriole James Scott
1912
Encore Rag Tad Fischer
Slippery Elm Rag Clarence Woods
1913
American Beauty Rag Jospeh F. Lamb
Pastime Rag No. 1--A Slow Drag Artie Matthews
Pastime Rag No. 2--A Slow Drag Artie Matthews
1914
The Lily Rag Charles Thompson
1915
Ragtime Nightingale Joseph E. Lamb
1916
Bantam Step (Instumental) [Fox Trot or One-step] Harry Jentes
1917
Efficiency Rag James Scott
Paramount Rag James Scott
1918
Rag Sentimental James Scott
Sleepy Hollow Rag--Unique Rag Novelty Clarence Woods
1919
New Era Rag James Scott
Peace and Plenty Rag James Scott
Troubadour Rag James Scott
1920
Modesty Rag--A Classic James Scott
Pegasus--A Classic Rag James Scott
1921
Don't Jazz Me Rag--I'm Music James Scott
Victory Rag James Scott
1922
Broadway Rag--A Classic James Scott

Some recommended songbook collections are:

  • [1973] Classic Piano Rags (Complete Original Music for 81 Piano Rags) Selected and with an Introduction by Rudi Blesh; New York: Dover Publications, 1973; ISBN 0-486-20469-3.

  • [1975] Ragtime Rarities (Complete Original Music for 63 Piano Rags) Selected and with an Introduction by Trebor Jay Tichenor; New York: Dover Publications, 1975; ISBN 0-486-23157-7.

  • [1979] Ragtime Rediscoveries (64 Works from the Golden Age of Rag) Selected and with an Introduction by Trebor Jay Tichenor; New York: Dover Publications, 1979; ISBN 0-486-23776-1.

  • [1986] Ragtime Gems (Original Sheet Music for 25 Ragtime Classics) Selected and with an Introduction by David A. Jasen; New York: Dover Publications, 1986; ISBN 0-486-25248-5.

  • [1997] Cakewalks, Two-Steps and Trots for Solo Piano (34 Popular Works from the Dance-Craze Era) Edited by David A. Jasen; Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1997; ISBN 0-486-29708-X.

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