Theodore Havermeyer Northrup

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

• Avon Waltzes (1887)
• La Tosca Waltzes (1889)

1890

• Just Ten

1891

• All the Go
• Two Happy Coons
• The Moon's Pale Light is Beaming

1892

• 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

• The Angelus Bell
• Dolores
• In Lover's Lane, with E. Field
• The Flower Gardener Waltzes
• I'm A Sport

1894

• Carrie and Her Wheel
• A Kiss at Home
• The Waif on the Street
• Regret
• The Golden Gate Brigade: March
• The Loreley

1895

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Happy Hannah
• On the Bayou

1899

• 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

• 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

• United Confederate Veterans (U.C.V.) March
• Gladys
• Parthenia

1902

• Polly Pry
• Silas and the New York Girl
• Lucy
• The Broadway Brigade

1906

• Uncle Sammy

1914

• In the Forest

1915

• Sometimes in Dreams

See also

• List of ragtime composers

Sources

• Blesh, Rudi, and Janis, Harriett. They All Played Ragtime (New York 1950).
• Terry Waldo, This is Ragtime, 1991.

External links

• http://ragpiano.com/comps/northrup.shtml