Gladys Yelvington

Gladys Yelvington Parsons (November 29, 1891 – February 11, 1957[1]) was a ragtime composer and friend of May Aufderheide[2] and Julia Lee Niebergall. Parsons was born in Elwood, Indiana.[1] She composed and performed as a silent-movie pianist.[3] She is best known for "Piffle Rag", her only published composition.[4] Her professional music career ended after her marriage to Leo Parsons, who ran a cigar store.[5]

Gladys Yelvington's "Piffle Rag" from 1911

References
  1. Death notice in the Anderson Daily Bulletin, 13 Feb 1957, Wed, Page 10 via newspapers.com
  2. David A. Jasen; Trebor Jay Tichenor (1978). Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. Courier Corporation. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-486-25922-2.
  3. Pool, Jeannie G.; Spiegel, Laurie; Grant, Barbara L.; McGinnis, Ann Cain; Smith, La Donna; Hilderley, Jeriann; Weber, Julie J.; Gardner, Kay; Rosen, Judith; Thompson, J. K.; Semegen, Daria; Wilson, Lynn; Anderson, Beth; Jepson, Barbara; Cardullo, Karen M. (1980). "Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Arts & Politics: Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Arts & Politics". Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Arts & Politics. 3 (2 (10)).
  4. Rudi Blesh (16 April 2013). They All Played Ragtime - The True Story of an American Music. Read Books Limited. p. 361. ISBN 978-1-4465-4690-1.
  5. History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. 1914. p. 579.


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