List of ragtime composers

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates A list of ragtime composers, including one or more famous or characteristic compositions.

Pre-1940

• Felix Arndt (1889–1918),"Desecration Rag" (1914), "Nola" (1916),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908)<ref>Jasen page 148</ref>
• Roy Bargy (1894–1974), "Pianoflage" (1922)<ref>Jasen pages 222, 225</ref>
• Harry Belding (1882–1931), "Good Gravy Rag" (1913)<ref name="EdwardsMale">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Theron C. Bennett (1879–1937), "The St. Louis Tickle" (1904)<ref>Jasen pages 46, 47</ref>
• Irving Berlin (1888–1989), "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911)
• Jean Schwartz (1878-1956), “April Fool Rag” (1911)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Mike Bernard (1875-1938), "The Ragtime King" (1899), "The Battle of San Juan Hill" (1912), "Tantalizing Tingles" (1913)
• Charlotte Blake (1885–1979), “The Gravel Rag” (1908), "That Poker Rag" (1909)<ref name="EdwardsFemale">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Eubie Blake (1887–1983), "Charleston Rag" (1903),<ref>Jasen pages 190, 192</ref> "Chevy Chase" (1914), "Fizz Water" (1914)
• Rube Bloom (1902–1976), "That Futuristic Rag" (1923), "Soliloquy" (1926)<ref>Jasen pages 226, 227</ref>
• Blind Boone (1864–1927), "Southern Rag Medley No. 2" (1909)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• George Botsford (1874–1949), "Black and White Rag"<ref>Jasen pages 139, 140</ref>(1908), "Grizzly Bear Rag" (1910)
• Euday L. Bowman (1887–1949), "Twelfth Street Rag" (1914)<ref>Jasen pages 49, 50</ref>
• Fleta Jan Brown, (1882–1938), "Tanglefoot Rag" (1907)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• Brun Campbell (1884–1952), "Barber Shop Rag"<ref>Jasen pages 52, 53</ref>
• Hughie Cannon (1877–1912), "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey" (1902)
• Louis Chauvin (1881–1908), "Heliotrope Bouquet" (1907)<ref>Jasen pages 101, 103</ref>
• Axel Christensen (1881–1955), "The Ragtime Wedding March (Apologies to Mendelssohn)" (1902),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Edward B. Claypoole (1883-1952), "Alabama Jigger" (1913), "Ragging the Scale" (1915), "Spooky Spooks" (1916)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• George L. Cobb (1886–1942), "Rubber Plant Rag" (1909) "Russian Rag" (1918)<ref>Jasen pages 174, 175</ref>
• Nellie Weldon Cocroft (1885–1986), "The Pinywoods Rag" (1909)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• Zez Confrey (1895–1971), "Kitten on the Keys" (1921)<ref>Jasen pages 216, 218</ref>
• Les C. Copeland (1887–1942), "French Pastry Rag" (1914)<ref>Jasen pages 55, 57</ref>
• Irene Cozad (1888–1970), "Affinity Rag" (1910)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• Cecil Duane Crabb (1890–1953), "Fluffy Ruffles" (1907)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Ford Dabney (1883–1958), "Oh! You Devil!" (1910)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Reverend Gary Davis (1896–1972),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Claude Debussy (1862–1918),<ref>Jacobs page 96</ref> "Golliwogg's Cakewalk" and "Général Lavine"
• Harry Engelman (1912-2002)<ref>Philip Scowcroft. A Sixteenth Garland of British Light Music Composers</ref>
• James Reese Europe (1880–1919), "Castle House Rag"<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Libbie Erickson (1875–1938), "Topsy: Two Step" (1904)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• Ernst Fischer (1900–1975),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Henry W. Gaul (1895-1947) “Motor Boat Rag” (1911)
• George Gershwin (1898–1937), "Rialto Ripples" (1917)
• Irene Giblin (1888–1974), "Columbia Rag" (1910)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• Lucian Porter Gibson (1890–1959), "Jinx Rag" (1911)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• George Hamilton Green (1893–1970), "Ragtime Robin"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Gene Greene (1877–1930), "King of the Bungaloos" (1911)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Clifford Adams (1887-1961) “Ink Splotch Rag” (1909)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Albert Gumble (1883–1946), "Bolo Rag" (1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Harry P. Guy (1870–1950), "Echoes from the Snowball Club" (1898)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Robert Hampton (1890–1945), "Cataract Rag" (1914), "Agitation Rag" (1915)<ref name="EdwardsMale" />
• W.C. Handy (1873-1958), "Yellow Dog Rag" (1914), "Ole Miss Rag" (1916)
• Ben Harney (1871–1938), "You've Been a Good Old Wagon but You Done Broke Down" (1896)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Scott Hayden (1882–1915), "Something Doing" (1903)<ref>Jasen pages 104, 105</ref>
• Wallie Herzer (1885–1961), "Everybody Two-Step"
• Ernest Hogan (1865–1909),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Abe Holzmann (1874–1939), "Smoky Mokes" (1899)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Charles Hunter (1876–1906), "Tickled to Death" (1899)<ref>Jasen pages 34, 35</ref>
• Harry Jentes (1887–1958), "Bantam Step" (1916)<ref>Jasen pages 178, 179</ref>
• Charles L. Johnson (1876–1950), "Dill Pickles" (1906)<ref>Jasen pages 38, 41</ref>
• James P. Johnson (1891–1955), "Carolina Shout" (1925)<ref>Jasen pages 242, 243</ref>
• Scott Joplin (1868–1917), "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899), "The Entertainer" (1902),<ref>Jasen pages 82, 87, 89</ref> "Pineapple Rag" (1908), "Magnetic Rag" (1914)
• Joe Jordan (1882–1971), "That Teasin' Rag" (1909)<ref>Jasen pages 59, 60</ref>
• Verdi Karns (1882–1925), "Bluffton Carnival Rag" (1899)
• F. Henri Klickmann (1885-1966), "Knockout Drops" (1910), "The Squirrel Rag" (1913), "Hysterics Rag" (1914)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Sadie Koninsky (1879–1952), "Eli Green's Cake Walk" (1898)<ref name=EdwardsFemale />
• Max Kortlander (1890–1961), "Deuces Wild" (1923)<ref>Jasen pages 198, 199</ref>
• William Krell (1868–1933), "Mississippi Rag" (1897)<ref name=EdwardsMale />
• Joseph Lamb (1887–1960), "American Beauty Rag" (1913),<ref>Jasen pages 122, 126</ref> "Ragtime Nightingale" (1915), "Top Liner Rag" (1916), "Bohemia Rag" (1919)
• Dominic LaRocca (1889-1961), "Tiger Rag" (1917), "The Original Dixieland One Step" (1917)
• Grace LeBoy<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (1890–1983), "Everybody Rag With Me"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Grace Walls Linn (1874–1940), "Automobile Spin"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Henry Lodge (1884–1933), "Temptation Rag" (1909)<ref>Jasen pages 143, 144</ref>
• George Lyons (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910)<ref name=spaghetti>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Arthur Marshall (1881–1968), "Ham And!" (1908),<ref>Jasen pages 106, 109</ref> 'The Pippin'' (1908)
• Artie Matthews (1888–1958), "Pastime Rag No. 3" (1916)<ref>Jasen pages 182, 184</ref>
• Billy Mayerl (1902–1959), "The Jazz Master" (1925)<ref>Jasen pages 228, 229</ref>
• Blind Willie McTell (1898–1959)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> "Southern Can Is Mine" (1931)
• Kerry Mills (1869–1948), "At a Georgia Campmeeting" (1897)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Luella Lockwood Moore (aka "Marion Arlington") (1864–1927), "Flamingo: Two-Step" (1910)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941), "Frog-I-More Rag" (1918)<ref>Jasen pages 253, 255</ref>
• Julia Lee Niebergall (1886–1968), "Hoosier Rag" (1907)<ref name=EdwardsFemale />
• Theodore Havermeyer Northrup (1866–1919), "Louisiana Rag" (1897)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Phil Ohman (1896–1954), "Dixie Kisses"<ref>Jasen page 231</ref>
• Muriel Pollock (1895–1970), "Rooster Rag" (1917)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• Paul Pratt (1890–1948), "Colonial Glide" (1910), "Hot House Rag" (1914)<ref>Jasen page 180</ref>
• Arthur Pryor (1870–1942), "Razzazza Mazzazza" (1905)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Luckey Roberts (1887–1968), "Junk Man Rag" (1913)<ref>Jasen pages 187, 188</ref>
• Bess E. Rudisill (1884–1957), "The Eight O'Clock Rush" (1911)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• J. Russel Robinson (1892–1963), "Sapho Rag" (1909)<ref>Jasen pages 150, 151</ref>
• Alma Sanders (1882–1956), "Hong Kong" (1917)
• Paul Sarebresole (1875–1911), "Roustabout Rag" (1897)
• Arthur Schutt (1902–1965), "Bluin' the Black Keys" (1926)<ref>Jasen page 232</ref>
• James Scott (1885–1938), "Frog Legs Rag" (1906), "Grace and Beauty" (1909),<ref>Jasen pages 111, 113</ref> "Hilarity Rag" (1910), "Ragtime Oriole" (1911)
• Adaline Shepherd (1883–1950), "Pickles and Peppers" (1906)<ref name=EdwardsFemale />
• Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897–1973), "Rippling Waters"<ref>Jasen pages 249, 250</ref>
• Ted Snyder (1881–1965), "Wild Cherries Rag" (1909), "Ramshackle Rag" (1911)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), "With Pleasure" (1912) and "Willow Blossoms" (1916)
• Etilmon J. Stark (1867–1962), "Billiken Rag" (1913)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Nellie Stokes (1880–1914), "Razzle Dazzle: Rag" (1909)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• Pauline B. Story (1870–1952), "Keep A Shufflin’ Ragtime Dance" (1905)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Charley Straight (1891–1940), "Red Raven Rag" (1915), "Black Jack Rag" (1917), Rufenreddy" (1917/1922)<ref>Jasen pages 195, 223</ref>
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), "Piano-Rag-Music" (1919)
• Robert Morrison Stults (1861–1933), "Walkin' on de Rainbow Road" (1899)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), "Down Home Rag" (1911)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Charles Hubbard Thompson (1891–1964), "The Lily Rag" (1914)<ref>Jasen pages 185, 186</ref>
• Harry Tierney (1890–1965), "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1911)<ref>Jasen pages 153, 154</ref>
• Tom Turpin (1873–1922), "Harlem Rag" (1897),<ref name=":0" /> "St. Louis Rag" (1903),<ref name=":0">Jasen pages 28, 29</ref> "Buffalo Rag" (1904)
• Fats Waller (1904–1943), "Valentine Stomp" (1929)<ref>Jasen pages 247, 248</ref>
• Percy Wenrich (1880–1952), "Peaches and Cream" (1905),<ref name=EdwardsMale/> "Skeleton Rag" (1911)
• Clarence C. Wiley (1883–1908), "Car-Barlick Acid" (1901)<ref name=EdwardsMale/>
• Carlotta Williamson (1869–1957), "The Pickaninny Cakewalk: Two Step" (1901), "Wild flower Rag" (1910)<ref>Women Composers of Ragtime</ref>
• Clarence Woods (1888–1956), "Slippery Elm Rag" (1912),<ref>Jasen page 156</ref> "Sleepy Hollow Rag" (1918)
• Calvin Woolsey (1884–1946), "Medic Rag" (1910)<ref>Jasen pages 61, 62</ref>
• Bob Yosco (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910)<ref name=spaghetti/>
• Bob Zurke (1912-1944), "Hobson Street Blues" (1938)<ref>Later Composers of Ragtime</ref>

Modern ragtime composers (since 1940)

• William Albright (1944–1998), "Brass Knuckles”
• Peter Andersson (born 1968), "Commonplace Rag"
• Donald Ashwander (1929–1994), "Business in Town", "Old Streets", etc.<ref>Jasen page 285</ref>
• Winifred Atwell (1914–1989), "Britannia Rag", "Let's Have a Party", her version of "Black and White Rag", etc.
• Rami Bar-Niv "Blue-Rag" "Drag-Rag" "Breezy Rider Rag"
• William Bolcom (born 1938), "The Graceful Ghost"<ref>Jasen pages 288, 289</ref>

• Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), "It's a Raggy Waltz" (1961)
• Lou Busch (1910–1979), "Carr's Hop" (1952)<ref>Jasen pages 267, 268</ref>
• Keith Emerson (1944–2016), "Barrelhouse Shakedown"
• Stephen Flaherty (born 1960), Ragtime
• Frank French (born 1952), "Belle of Louisville"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Dick Hyman (born 1927), "Ragtime Razz Matazz" (1958)<ref>Jasen pages 272, 273</ref>
• Glenn Jenks, "The Harbour Rag"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Billy Joel (born 1949), "Root Beer Rag" (1974)
• Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957), "Russian Rag"
• Sue Keller (born 1952), "Cranberry Stomp"
• Koji Kondo (born 1961), "Athlete's Rag" (1990)
• Bill Krenz (1899–1980), "Mud Cat Rag" (1953),<ref>Jasen pages 269, 270</ref> "Poodle Rag" (1954)
• Tom Lehrer (born 1928), "The Vatican Rag"
• Johnny Maddox, "Friday Night Stomp"
• Paul McCartney (born 1942), "Martha My Dear", "Honey Pie" (1968), "You Gave Me the Answer" (1975)
• Max Morath (1926–2023), "One for Amelia", "The Golden Hours", etc.
• Carter Pann (born 1972), "The Bills"
• David Thomas Roberts (born 1955), "Roberto Clemente"
• Aaron Robinson (born 1970), "Bluet Rag"
• Reginald Robinson (born 1972), "The Strong Man"
• Thomas Shea (1931–1982),<ref>Jasen page 282</ref> "Little Wabash Special"
• Adam Swanson (born 1992), "Strater Shuffle," "A Novice Novelty," ect.
• Trebor Jay Tichenor (1940–2014), "Bucksnort Stomp"
• Hiromi Uehara (born 1979), "The Tom and Jerry Show" (2003)
• Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), "Spinach Rag" (1994), "Dark City Treno" (2000)
• Kjell Waltman (born 1960), "Orange Blossoms"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Chris Ware (born 1967), "Farewell"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Ian Whitcomb (1941–2020), "Lawns of Louisiana", "Marzipan" and others
• Dick Zimmerman (born 1937), "Lost And Found Rag"

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