List of ragtime composers

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)
Roy Bargy (1894–1974), "Pianoflage" (1922)
Harry Belding (1882–1931), "Good Gravy Rag" (1913)
Theron C. Bennett (1879–1937), "The St. Louis Tickle" (1904)
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), "Chevy Chase" (1914), "Fizz Water" (1914)
Rube Bloom (1902–1976), "That Futuristic Rag" (1923), "Soliloquy" (1926)
Blind Boone (1864–1927), "Southern Rag Medley No. 2" (1909)(1908), "Grizzly Bear Rag" (1910)
Euday L. Bowman (1887–1949), "Twelfth Street Rag" (1914)
Fleta Jan Brown, (1882–1938), "Tanglefoot Rag" (1907)
Brun Campbell (1884–1952), "Barber Shop Rag"
Hughie Cannon (1877–1912), "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey" (1902)
Louis Chauvin (1881–1908), "Heliotrope Bouquet" (1907)
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)
Nellie Weldon Cocroft (1885–1986), "The Pinywoods Rag" (1909)
Zez Confrey (1895–1971), "Kitten on the Keys" (1921)
Les C. Copeland (1887–1942), "French Pastry Rag" (1914)
Irene Cozad (1888–1970), "Affinity Rag" (1910)
Cecil Duane Crabb (1890–1953), "Fluffy Ruffles" (1907)
Reverend Gary Davis (1896–1972), "Italian Rag"
Claude Debussy (1862–1918), "Golliwogg's Cakewalk" and "Général Lavine"
Harry Engelman (1912-2002)
James Reese Europe (1880–1919), "Castle House Rag"
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)
Lucian Porter Gibson (1890–1959), "Jinx Rag" (1911)
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)
Wallie Herzer (1885–1961), "Everybody Two-Step"
Ernest Hogan (1865–1909), "La Pas Ma La" and "All Coons Look Alike to Me"
Abe Holzmann (1874–1939), "Smoky Mokes" (1899)
Harry Jentes (1887–1958), "Bantam Step" (1916)
Charles L. Johnson (1876–1950), "Dill Pickles" (1906)
James P. Johnson (1891–1955), "Carolina Shout" (1925)
Scott Joplin (1868–1917), "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899), "The Entertainer" (1902), "Pineapple Rag" (1908), "Magnetic Rag" (1914)
Joe Jordan (1882–1971), "That Teasin' Rag" (1909)
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)
William Krell (1868–1933), "Mississippi Rag" (1897) "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)
George Lyons (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910)
Arthur Marshall (1881–1968), "Ham And!" (1908), <nowiki>'The Pippin</nowiki> (1908)
Artie Matthews (1888–1958), "Pastime Rag No. 3" (1916)
Billy Mayerl (1902–1959), "The Jazz Master" (1925)
Blind Willie McTell (1898–1959) "Southern Can Is Mine" (1931)
Kerry Mills (1869–1948), "At a Georgia Campmeeting" (1897)
Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941), "Frog-I-More Rag" (1918)
Julia Lee Niebergall (1886–1968), "Hoosier Rag" (1907)
Muriel Pollock (1895–1970), "Rooster Rag" (1917)
Paul Pratt (1890–1948), "Colonial Glide" (1910), "Hot House Rag" (1914)
Arthur Pryor (1870–1942), "Razzazza Mazzazza" (1905)
Bess E. Rudisill (1884–1957), "The Eight O'Clock Rush" (1911)
J. Russel Robinson (1892–1963), "Sapho Rag" (1909)
Alma Sanders (1882–1956), "Hong Kong" (1917)
Paul Sarebresole (1875–1911), "Roustabout Rag" (1897)
Arthur Schutt (1902–1965), "Bluin' the Black Keys" (1926)
James Scott (1885–1938), "Frog Legs Rag" (1906), "Grace and Beauty" (1909), "Hilarity Rag" (1910), "Ragtime Oriole" (1911)
Adaline Shepherd (1883–1950), "Pickles and Peppers" (1906)
Ted Snyder (1881–1965), "Wild Cherries Rag" (1909), "Ramshackle Rag" (1911)
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)
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)
Harry Tierney (1890–1965), "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1911)
Tom Turpin (1873–1922), "Harlem Rag" (1897), "Buffalo Rag" (1904)
Fats Waller (1904–1943), "Valentine Stomp" (1929)
Percy Wenrich (1880–1952), "Peaches and Cream" (1905),
Clarence Woods (1888–1956), "Slippery Elm Rag" (1912), "Sleepy Hollow Rag" (1918)
Calvin Woolsey (1884–1946), "Medic Rag" (1910)
Bob Yosco (1889–1958), "Spaghetti Rag" (1910)

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.
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"

Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), "It's a Raggy Waltz" (1961)
Lou Busch (1910–1979), "Carr's Hop" (1952)
Keith Emerson (1944–2016), "Barrelhouse Shakedown"
Aj Elita, "Opportunities Like Buses", "Captain America Sent Me Back to Mexico", "My Dream Boat", "Till Noon", "Thinking Too Much", "Coffee with Omelette", "Lazy Day Again", "Jingle Bells Bing Bong", "Christmas Spirit Rag", "Olala New Year Rag", "Weekends Are So Crowded", "Big Red Truck"
Stephen Flaherty (born 1960), Ragtime
Frank French (born 1952), "Belle of Louisville"
Dick Hyman (born 1927), "Ragtime Razz Matazz" (1958)
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), "Poodle Rag" (1954)
Tom Lehrer (1928–2025), "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), "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"
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

List of ragtime composers

Pre-1940

Modern ragtime composers (since 1940)

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