Editing Joseph Lamb (composer) (section)

==Early life and education==
[[File:Sensation Rag Sheet Music.jpg|thumb|left|220px|"Sensation", Joseph Lamb's first rag was published under John Stark's label.]]
[[File:The Top Liner Rag.jpg|thumb|right|220px|"The Top Liner Rag" from 1916]]

Lamb was born in [[Montclair, New Jersey]]. The youngest of four children, he taught himself to play the piano and admired the early ragtime publications of [[Scott Joplin]]. His first known works were "Meet Me at the Chutes," and "Idle Dreams", at the age of 13 in 1900, but they are unpublished and assumed lost.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Tjaden|first=Ted|title=Joseph Lamb: The Humble Ragtime "Sensation" by Ted Tjaden |url=http://www.ragtimepiano.ca/rags/lamb.htm|access-date=2023-11-27|website=www.ragtimepiano.ca}}</ref>

While living in [[Toronto]], Canada in his teenage years, he published several march and waltz compositions for Harry H. Sparks Music Publisher. Most notable were "The Lilliputian's Bazaar", "Celestine Waltzes", and "Florentine". Most were published after he left Canada.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Bill|title=RagPiano.com - Notable Ragtime Composers Biographies and Information (Page 1)|url=http://ragpiano.com/ragtime3.shtml|access-date=2023-11-27|website=RagPiano.com|language=en}}</ref>