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....
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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
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Aufderheide | Biography & History | AllMusic
As always, Bill Edwards's research is fabulous
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Frances Aufderheide (ragpiano.com)
And here he is again with a discussion of her father's publishing company
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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
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.
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