Women of Ragtime, links and sources

 For more information about "Women in Ragtime" here are a few links: 

There is a lot of ragtime sheet music by women available here:

Female Composers of Ragtime by Ted Tjaden (ragtimepiano.ca)

May Aufderheide:

There's more info here than you might think....

May Frances Aufderheide Kaufman (1888-1972) - Find A Grave Memorial

Library of Congress has a short bio

May Aufderheide, 1888-1972 | Library of Congress (loc.gov)

All Music has a lot of interesting information on ragtime era personalities

May Aufderheide | Biography & History | AllMusic

As always, Bill Edwards's research is fabulous

May Frances Aufderheide (ragpiano.com)

And here he is again with a discussion of her father's publishing company

John Henry Aufderheide (perfessorbill.com)

Here is a "non-ragtime" but famous interpretation of THRILLER RAG

Thriller Rag - Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans Band (1942) - YouTube

Some info on Aufderheide and scores of others are available here

That American Rag: The Story of Ragtime from Coast to Coast: Jasen, David A, Jones, Gene: 9780028647432: Amazon.com: Books

It's not the easiest book to read but it's a wealth of information.

Sophie Tucker:

There's some cool info here about her early years and her appearance at Ziegfeld.

New York One Way · Sophie Tucker: The "Pride of Hartford" · JHSGH

Here's a parody of "The Yiddisha Rag" called "The Yiddisha Fish" sung in Yiddish.

Yidishe fish (parody of The Yiddisha Rag) - YouTube

Sophie Tucker is well known and documented, so there is a lot more information available on her than the others in this feature.

Charlotte Blake:

Most information about her is available here at Bill Edwards' site

Charlotte Blake (perfessorbill.com)

A bit about here here, with a lot of history of women composers in general, and their treatment

Women Composers In American Popular Song, Page 1 (parlorsongs.com)

Here's a version of That Poker Rag by Jerry Rabushka (me, in other words), using a variety of instruments I had around the house, recorders, trumpets, autoharp, percussion, dulcimer, etc. It's a bit out of tune at time, but it's totally rad.

That Poker Rag by Charlotte Blake by Jerry Rabushka | Free Listening on SoundCloud

For information on Irene Giblin and Ethyl Smith, please see the blog on "St. Louis, Ragtime Capital." For information on Carita Day, I've got a blog devoted to her as well. There's a song called "You Can't Expect Kisses From Me" that has her photo on the cover in some versions.