Les C. Copeland

Leslie C. Copeland
cover art from Cabbage Leaf Rag sheet music
Background information
Birth name	Leslie C. Copeland
Born	June 4, 1887 Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Died	March 3, 1942 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Vaudeville, Ragtime
Occupation(s)	Composer and pianist
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1909–1917

Leslie C. Copeland (June 4, 1887 – March 3, 1942) was an American composer and pianist. As a boy, he played in Lew Dockstader's minstrel troupe, the Lew Dockstader Minstrels.^[1] He later sold ragtime compositions to Jerome H. Remick and others. Some of his performances are preserved on piano rolls. He died in San Francisco, California.

Compositions

His playing and composing style was very distinctive, harkening back to the earliest days of ragtime.

• Cabbage Leaf Rag
• Invitation Rag
• The Dockstader Rag
• 38th Street Rag (Les Copeland's Rag)
• 42nd Street Rag (with Jack Smith)
• French Pastry Rag
• Bees and Honey Rag
• Race Track Blues
• Rocky Mountain Fox
• Twist and Twirl
• Ivoryland

See also

• List of ragtime composers

References

• Jasen, David A.; Trebor Jay Tichenor (1978). Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. pp. 55–58. ISBN 0-486-25922-6.