List of ragtime composers

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

[edit] Pre-1940

• Felix Arndt (1889-1918), "Nola"
• May Aufderheide (1888-1972), "Dusty"
• Roy Bargy (1894-1974), "Pianoflage"
• Harry Belding (1873-1932), "Good Gravy Rag"
• Theron C. Bennett (1879-1937), "The St. Louis Tickle"
• Irving Berlin (1888-1989), "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
• Charlotte Blake (1885-1979), "That Poker Rag"
• Eubie Blake (1887-1983), "The Baltimore Todalo"
• Blind Boone (1864-1927), "Southern Rag Medley No. 1"
• George Botsford (1874-1949), "Grizzly Bear Rag"
• Euday L. Bowman (1887-1949), "Twelfth Street Rag"
• Thomas E. Broady (1877-?), "Whittling Remus"
• Brun Campbell (1884-1952), "Barber Shop Rag"
• Louis Chauvin (1881-1908), "Heliotrope Bouquet"
• George L. Cobb (1886-1942), "Russian Rag"
• Zez Confrey (1895-1971), "Kitten on the Keys"
• Les C. Copeland (1887-1942), "French Pastry Rag"
• Cecil Duane Crabb(1890-1953), "Fluffy Ruffles"
• James Reese Europe (1880-1919), "Castle House Rag"
• Lucian Porter Gibson (1890-1959), "Jinx Rag"
• Gene Greene (1881-1930), "King of the Bungaloos"
• Harry P. Guy (1870-1950), "Echoes from the Snowball Club"
• Ben Harney (1871-1938), "Cake Walk In The Sky"
• Robert Hampton (1890-1945), "Agitation Rag"
• Scott Hayden (1882-1915), "Pear Blossoms"
• Abe Holzmann (1874-1939), "Smoky Mokes"
• Ernest Hogan (1859?-1909) "La Pas Ma La" and "All Coons Look Alike to Me"
• Charles Hunter (1876-1906), "Tickled to Death"
• Harry Jentes (1887-1958), "Bantam Step"
• Charles L. Johnson (1876-1950), "Dill Pickles"
• James P. Johnson (1894-1955), "Carolina Shout"
• Scott Joplin (1867-1917), "The Entertainer"
• Joe Jordan (1882-1971), "Pekin Rag"
• Sadie Koninsky (1879-1952), "Eli Green's Cake Walk"
• William H. Krell (1869-1933), "Mississippi Rag"
• Joseph F. Lamb (1887-1960), "American Beauty Rag"
• Henry Lodge (1884-1933), "Temptation Rag"
• Arthur Marshall (1881-1968), "Kinklets"
• Artie Matthews (1888-1958), "Pastime Rag No. 5"
• Kerry Mills (1869-1948), "At a Georgia Camp Meeting"
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941), "Frog-I-More Rag"
• Julia Lee Niebergall (1886-1968), "Horseshoe Rag"
• Theodore H. Northrup, "Louisiana Rag"
• Paul Pratt (1890-1948), "Colonial Glide"
• Luckey Roberts (1887-1968), "Junk Man Rag"
• J. Russel Robinson (1892-1963), "Eccentric"
• Paul Sarebresole (1875-1911), "Roustabout Rag"
• James Scott (1885-1938), "Frog Legs Rag"
• Adaline Sheppard(1885-1950), "Pickles and Peppers"
• Russell Smith (1890-1969), "That Demon Rag"
• Etilmon J. Stark (1868-1962), "Billiken Rag"
• Charley Straight (1891-1940), "Rufenreddy"
• Wilber Sweatman (1882-1961), "Down Home Rag"
• Charles H. Thompson (1891-1964), "The Lily"
• Harry Tierney (1890-1965), "The Bumble Bee"
• Tom Turpin (1873-1922), "Harlem Rag"
• Percy Wenrich (1880-1952), "Peaches and Cream"
• Fats Waller (1904-1943), "Valentine Stomp"
• Clarence C. Wiley (1883-1908), "Car-Bahlick Acid Rag"
• Clarence Woods (1888-1956), "Slippery Elm Rag"
• Calvin Lee Woolsey (1884-1946), "Medic Rag"

[edit] Modern ragtime composers (since 1940)

• William Albright "Brass Knuckles"
• Peter Andersson (1968-), "The River Boat Slow Drag"
• James F. Andris "The St. Louis Zoo Rag"
• Mark Birnbaum "Eubie on 2nd Avenue"
• Neil Blaze "Rosewood Rag"
• William Bolcom "The Graceful Ghost"
• Sune "Sumpen" Borg (1931-2002), "Ylva Rag"
• Tom Brier "Goldeneye Rag"
• Lou Busch "Carr's Hop"
• Elena Kats-Chernin "Russian Rag"
• Bob Darch "Suicide Table Rag"
• Bill Edwards "The Hanon Rag"
• Rich Egan "Campbellmania"
• Keith Emerson "Barrelhouse Shakedown"
• Frank French "Belle of Louisville"
• Ragnar Hellspong (1944-), "Rag's Rag"
• Dick Hyman "Ragtime Razz Matazz"
• Benjamin Intartaglia "Ghost Castle Rag"
• Dave Jasen "Raymond's Rag"
• Daniel Jencka "Frederick's Royal Rag"
• Glenn Jenks "The Harbour Rag"
• Sue Keller "Cranberry Stomp"
• Scott Kirby "Ravenna"
• Bill Krenz "Mud Cat Rag"
• Peter Lundberg (1942-), "Gothenburg Rag"
• Johnny Maddox "Friday Night Stomp"
• Oleg Mezjuev (1966-), "Café Parisién"
• Max Morath (1926-), "One for Amelia"
• David Thomas Roberts (1955-), "Roberto Clemente"
• Andrew O'Donnell "The Rag of A Thousand Terrors"
• Reginald Robinson "The Strong Man"
• Thomas Shea "Little Wabash Special"
• Joakim Stenshäll (1962-), "Entropy Rag"
• Trebor Tichenor "Bucksnort Stomp"
• Kjell Waltman (1960-), "Orange Blossoms"
• Brent Watkins "Cedar River Ramble"
• Dick Zimmerman "Lost And Found Rag"
• Vincent Johnson "Octopus On The Keys"
• Max Keenlyside "Honey Roasted Rag"
• Eric Marchese "The Grape Vine"
• Ron Ross "Digital Rag"