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 (1860 – 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 (born 1944), "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"
• Benjamin Intartaglia, "Ghost Castle 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"
• Max Keenlyside "Northern Lights 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"
• Ian Whitcomb (born 1941), "Lawns of Louisiana", "Marzipan" and others
• Dick Zimmerman (born 1937), "Lost And Found Rag"

Notes

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.