A list of ragtime composers, including one or more famous or characteristic compositions.

Pre-1940 Felix Arndt (1889–1918),"Desecration Rag" (1914), "Nola" (1916), "Operatic Nightmare" (1916) May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908)Jasen page 148 Roy Bargy (1894–1974), "Pianoflage" (1922)Jasen pages 222, 225 Harry Belding (1882–1931), "Good Gravy Rag" (1913) Theron C. Bennett (1879–1937), "The St. Louis Tickle" (1904)Jasen pages 46, 47 Irving Berlin (1888–1989), "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911) Jean Schwartz (1878-1956), “April Fool Rag” (1911) 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) Eubie Blake (1887–1983), "Charleston Rag" (1903),Jasen pages 190, 192 "Chevy Chase" (1914), "Fizz Water" (1914) Rube Bloom (1902–1976), "That Futuristic Rag" (1923), "Soliloquy" (1926)Jasen pages 226, 227 Blind Boone (1864–1927), "Southern Rag Medley No. 2" (1909) George Botsford (1874–1949), "Black and White Rag"Jasen pages 139, 140(1908), "Grizzly Bear Rag" (1910) Euday L. Bowman (1887–1949), "Twelfth Street Rag" (1914)Jasen pages 49, 50 Fleta Jan Brown, (1882–1938), "Tanglefoot Rag" (1907)Women Composers of Ragtime Brun Campbell (1884–1952), "Barber Shop Rag"Jasen pages 52, 53 Hughie Cannon (1877–1912), "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey" (1902) Louis Chauvin (1881–1908), "Heliotrope Bouquet" (1907)Jasen pages 101, 103 Axel Christensen (1881–1955), "The Ragtime Wedding March (Apologies to Mendelssohn)" (1902), "Cauldron Rag" (1909) Edward B. Claypoole (1883-1952), "Alabama Jigger" (1913), "Ragging the Scale" (1915), "Spooky Spooks" (1916) George L. Cobb (1886–1942), "Rubber Plant Rag" (1909) "Russian Rag" (1918)Jasen pages 174, 175 Nellie Weldon Cocroft (1885–1986), "The Pinywoods Rag" (1909)Women Composers of Ragtime Zez Confrey (1895–1971), "Kitten on the Keys" (1921)Jasen pages 216, 218 Les C. Copeland (1887–1942), "French Pastry Rag" (1914)Jasen pages 55, 57 Irene Cozad (1888–1970), "Affinity Rag" (1910)Women Composers of Ragtime Cecil Duane Crabb (1890–1953), "Fluffy Ruffles" (1907) Ford Dabney (1883–1958), "Oh! You Devil!" (1910) Reverend Gary Davis (1896–1972), "Italian Rag" Claude Debussy (1862–1918),Jacobs page 96 "Golliwogg's Cakewalk" and "Général Lavine" Harry Engelman (1912-2002)Philip Scowcroft. A Sixteenth Garland of British Light Music Composers James Reese Europe (1880–1919), "Castle House Rag" Libbie Erickson (1875–1938), "Topsy: Two Step" (1904)Women Composers of Ragtime Ernst Fischer (1900–1975), "Pretty Baby" Henry W. Gaul (1895-1947) “Motor Boat Rag” (1911) George Gershwin (1898–1937), "Rialto Ripples" (1917) Irene Giblin (1888–1974), "Columbia Rag" (1910)Women Composers of Ragtime Lucian Porter Gibson (1890–1959), "Jinx Rag" (1911) George Hamilton Green (1893–1970), "Ragtime Robin" Gene Greene (1877–1930), "King of the Bungaloos" (1911) Clifford Adams (1887-1961) “Ink Splotch Rag” (1909) Charles Roy Cox (1880-1939) “Centennial Rag” (1912) Albert Gumble (1883–1946), "Bolo Rag" (1908) Harry P. Guy (1870–1950), "Echoes from the Snowball Club" (1898) Robert Hampton (1890–1945), "Cataract Rag" (1914), "Agitation Rag" (1915) 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) Scott Hayden (1882–1915), "Something Doing" (1903)Jasen pages 104, 105 Wallie Herzer (1885–1961), "Everybody Two-Step" (1911) Ernest Hogan (1865–1909), "La Pas Ma La" and "All Coons Look Alike to Me" Abe Holzmann (1874–1939), "Smoky Mokes" (1899) Charles Hunter (1876–1906), "Tickled to Death" (1899)Jasen pages 34, 35 Harry Jentes (1887–1958), "Bantam Step" (1916)Jasen pages 178, 179 Charles L. Johnson (1876–1950), "Dill Pickles" (1906)Jasen pages 38, 41 James P. Johnson (1891–1955), "Carolina Shout" (1925)Jasen pages 242, 243 Scott Joplin (1868–1917), "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899), "The Entertainer" (1902),Jasen pages 82, 87, 89 "Pineapple Rag" (1908), "Magnetic Rag" (1914) Joe Jordan (1882–1971), "That Teasin' Rag" (1909)Jasen pages 59, 60 Verdi Karns (1882–1925), "Kentucky Rag" (1898), "Bluffton Carnival Rag" (1899) F. Henri Klickmann (1885-1966), "Knockout Drops" (1910), "The Squirrel Rag" (1913), "Hysterics Rag" (1914) Sadie Koninsky (1879–1952), "Eli Green's Cake Walk" (1898) Max Kortlander (1890–1961), "Deuces Wild" (1923)Jasen pages 198, 199 William Krell (1868–1933), "Mississippi Rag" (1897) Joseph Lamb (1887–1960), "American Beauty Rag" (1913),Jasen pages 122, 126 "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 (1890–1983), "Everybody Rag With Me" (1914) Grace Walls Linn (1874–1940), "Automobile Spin" (1899) Henry Lodge (1884–1933), "Temptation Rag" (1909)Jasen pages 143, 144 George Lyons (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910) Arthur Marshall (1881–1968), "Ham And!" (1908),Jasen pages 106, 109 'The Pippin'' (1908) Artie Matthews (1888–1958), "Pastime Rag No. 3" (1916)Jasen pages 182, 184 Billy Mayerl (1902–1959), "The Jazz Master" (1925)Jasen pages 228, 229 Blind Willie McTell (1898–1959) "Southern Can Is Mine" (1931) Kerry Mills (1869–1948), "At a Georgia Campmeeting" (1897) Luella Lockwood Moore (aka "Marion Arlington") (1864–1927), "Flamingo: Two-Step" (1910)Women Composers of Ragtime Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941), "Frog-I-More Rag" (1918)Jasen pages 253, 255 Julia Lee Niebergall (1886–1968), "Hoosier Rag" (1907) Theodore Havermeyer Northrup (1866–1919), "Louisiana Rag" (1897) Phil Ohman (1896–1954), "Dixie Kisses"Jasen page 231 (1919) Muriel Pollock (1895–1970), "Rooster Rag" (1917)Women Composers of Ragtime Paul Pratt (1890–1948), "Colonial Glide" (1910), "Hot House Rag" (1914)Jasen page 180 Arthur Pryor (1870–1942), "Razzazza Mazzazza" (1905) Luckey Roberts (1887–1968), "Junk Man Rag" (1913)Jasen pages 187, 188 Bess E. Rudisill (1884–1957), "The Eight O'Clock Rush" (1911)Women Composers of Ragtime J. Russel Robinson (1892–1963), "Sapho Rag" (1909)Jasen pages 150, 151 Alma Sanders (1882–1956), "Hong Kong" (1917) Paul Sarebresole (1875–1911), "Roustabout Rag" (1897) Arthur Schutt (1902–1965), "Bluin' the Black Keys" (1926)Jasen page 232 James Scott (1885–1938), "Frog Legs Rag" (1906), "Grace and Beauty" (1909),Jasen pages 111, 113 "Hilarity Rag" (1910), "Ragtime Oriole" (1911) Adaline Shepherd (1883–1950), "Pickles and Peppers" (1906) Willie "The Lion" Smith (1897–1973), "Rippling Waters"Jasen pages 249, 250 Ted Snyder (1881–1965), "Wild Cherries Rag" (1909), "Ramshackle Rag" (1911) John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), "With Pleasure" (1912) and "Willow Blossoms" (1916) Etilmon J. Stark (1867–1962), "Billiken Rag" (1913) Nellie Stokes (1880–1914), "Razzle Dazzle: Rag" (1909)Women Composers of Ragtime Pauline B. Story (1870–1952), "Keep A Shufflin’ Ragtime Dance" (1905) Charley Straight (1891–1940), "Red Raven Rag" (1915), "Black Jack Rag" (1917), Rufenreddy" (1917/1922)Jasen pages 195, 223 Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), "Piano-Rag-Music" (1919) Robert Morrison Stults (1861–1933), "Walkin' on de Rainbow Road" (1899) Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), "Down Home Rag" (1911) Charles Hubbard Thompson (1891–1964), "The Lily Rag" (1914)Jasen pages 185, 186 Harry Tierney (1890–1965), "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1911)Jasen pages 153, 154 Tom Turpin (1873–1922), "Harlem Rag" (1897), "St. Louis Rag" (1903),Jasen pages 28, 29 "Buffalo Rag" (1904) Fats Waller (1904–1943), "Valentine Stomp" (1929)Jasen pages 247, 248 Percy Wenrich (1880–1952), "Peaches and Cream" (1905), "Skeleton Rag" (1911) Clarence C. Wiley (1883–1908), "Car-Barlick Acid" (1901) Carlotta Williamson (1869–1957), "The Pickaninny Cakewalk: Two Step" (1901), "Wild flower Rag" (1910)Women Composers of Ragtime Clarence Woods (1888–1956), "Slippery Elm Rag" (1912),Jasen page 156 "Sleepy Hollow Rag" (1918) Calvin Woolsey (1884–1946), "Medic Rag" (1910)Jasen pages 61, 62 Bob Yosco (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910) Bob Zurke (1912-1944), "Hobson Street Blues" (1938)Later Composers of Ragtime

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.Jasen page 285 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"Jasen pages 288, 289

Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), "It's a Raggy Waltz" (1961) Lou Busch (1910–1979), "Carr's Hop" (1952)Jasen pages 267, 268 Stephen Flaherty (born 1960), Ragtime Frank French (born 1952), "Belle of Louisville" Dick Hyman (born 1927), "Ragtime Razz Matazz" (1958)Jasen pages 272, 273 Glenn Jenks, "The Harbour Rag" 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),Jasen pages 269, 270 "Poodle Rag" (1954) Tom Lehrer (1928–2025), "The Vatican Rag" Johnny Maddox, "Friday Night Stomp" 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" Cameron Lee Simpson (born 2001), "Cherry Blossom Rag" (2019), "Hey-O" (2023), "Skeleton Blues" (2023) etc. Thomas Shea (1931–1982),Jasen page 282 "Little Wabash Special" Adam Swanson (born 1992), "Strater Shuffle," "A Novice Novelty," etc. 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" Chris Ware (born 1967), "Farewell" Ian Whitcomb (1941–2020), "Lawns of Louisiana", "Marzipan", and others Dick Zimmerman (born 1937), "Lost And Found Rag" Tom Brier (born 1971), "Blue Lampshade", "Skunk Hollow Rag", and others

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