Theodore Havermeyer Northrup (1866–1919) composed one of the earliest rags, "Louisiana Rag", in 1897. The Thompson Music Company of Chicago in November, 1897 stated in a promo ad that it was "composed by Theo H. Northrup, the greatest living ragtime pianist. This piece has made an instantaneous hit and has become a great favorite everywhere." His other compositions in 1897 included "A Night on the Levee" and "Savannah Jubilee".
Compositions edit
- Avon Waltzes (1887)
- La Tosca Waltzes (1889)
1890 edit
- Just Ten
1891 edit
- All the Go
- Two Happy Coons
- The Moon's Pale Light is Beaming
1892 edit
- In the Ball Room: Schottische
- The Possum Patrol
- The Tennis Mazurka
- Dancing Waves
- Irene Slumbers, with W. Hill
- Turn Texas Loose, with C. C. DeZouche
1893 edit
- The Angelus Bell
- Dolores
- In Lover's Lane, with E. Field
- The Flower Gardener Waltzes
- I'm A Sport
1894 edit
- Carrie and Her Wheel
- A Kiss at Home
- The Waif on the Street
- Regret
- The Golden Gate Brigade: March
- The Loreley
1895 edit
- The Golden Treasury of Music from the World's Famous Composers, compilation and arrangement
- Eaoline, with Louie Blosser
- Papa, Be Good to Mama
- Trilby
- Pat Wiley's Old Back Stoop, with William Lewis Elliot
- One Night, with Lawrence Oxenford
- Years Ago
- My Heart's Desire
- The Sweetest Girl in Town
1896 edit
- My Eileen
- The Anvil of Blacksmith John
- It Is Better to Have Loved and Lost Than Ne'er to Have Loved at All, with Walter M. Auerbach
- The Palms
- Down in Maiden Lane, with Colin C. Hamand
- I Love You So
- Over The Fence Sweet Polly
1897 edit
- Ben Harney's Ragtime Instructor, as arranger
- Savannah Jubilee Schottische
- A Night On The Levee
- Louisiana Rag (Pas Ma La)
- Only a Pair of Worn-Out Shoes, with William Fisher
- One Sweetly Solemn Thought
- Plantation Echoes
- Susanna from Savannah, with George Evans
1898 edit
- Happy Hannah
- On the Bayou
1899 edit
- I Cert'nly Was a Very Busy Man
- My Dearest Girl
- Virginia Capers
- After What He Done To Me, with Nellie Smith Ravell
- Where the Branches Kissed the River
- Chester and Dorothy, with William S. Lord
- The Lass and the Highland Plaid
- Sue, Ma Sue, with Charles W. Doty
- Over the Hills to Jersey
1900 edit
- Dost Thou Remember
- Loquatias Moll
- Suzanne from Gay Paree, with Harry Werner
- I'm Glad to See You're Back, with Will D. Cobb
- Pucker Up Your Lips Miss Lucy
- A Good Run's Better Than a Bad Stand
- The Conjure Man
- When I'se By Her Side
- She's Ma Little Sugar Plum
- My Little Jungle Queen: A Congo Love
- She's the Real Thing My Baby
- Lou Lou: Sérénade
1901 edit
- United Confederate Veterans (U.C.V.) March
- Gladys
- Parthenia
1902 edit
- Polly Pry
- Silas and the New York Girl
- Lucy
- The Broadway Brigade
1906 edit
- Uncle Sammy
1914 edit
- In the Forest
1915 edit
- Sometimes in Dreams
See also edit
Sources edit
- Blesh, Rudi, and Janis, Harriett. They All Played Ragtime (New York 1950).
- Terry Waldo, This is Ragtime, 1991.