List of ragtime pianists

List of ragtime pianists
Elliott Shapiro (1895–1956), son of music publisher Maurice Shapiro, in a 1951 article, offered a list of standout ragtime pianists — in two categories:[1]

Ragtime pioneers
Later ragtimers

Many ragtime pianist, beginning around the 1920s, went on to perform stride and boogie-woogie and other lists of artists might be more identified with either. Shapiro's two lists above, exclude those who are known more as (i) non-piano ragtime composers (ii) ragtime revivalist (iii) stride pianists, and (iv) boogie-woogie pianists. Early standout ragtime pianists not on Shapiro's lists include:

Early ragtimers not on Shapiro's list

See also

List of ragtime musicians

References

  1. "Ragtime, U.S.A.," by Elliott Shapiro (1895–1956), Notes, Second Series, Vol. 8, No. 3, June 1951, pp. 457–470 (accessible via JSTOR at www.jstor.org/stable/891042; subscription required)
  2. ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (re: "Dabney, Ford T" & "Lucien Denni"), American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
    3rd ed., compiled and edited by the Lynn Farnol Group, Inc. (1966), pp. 149–150; LCCN 66-20214
    4th ed., compiled by Jaques Cattell Press, R.R. Bowker (1980), p. 108 OCLC 7065938, 12259500; ISBN 0-8352-1283-1, 978-0-8352-1283-0; LCCN 80--65351
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