Ragtime Music in Canada

Featuring Some Rag (1910) by Willie Eckstein and other Piano Rags by Canadian Composers

By Ted Tjaden

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Chapter 9: Bibliography

The following resources related to Canadian ragtime and Canadian music were used to compile information on on Canadian ragtime. For more resources on ragtime in general, see ragtime resources.

• AfriClassical.com. "Robert Nathaniel Dett". Available online: <http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/Dett.html>

• Arpin, John. "Charles Wellinger" (April 1967) 6 The Ragtimer 10.

• Berlin, Edward A. Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1980.

• Berton, Pierre. 1972. Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush (1896-1899). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.

• Blesh, Rudi and Harriet Grossman Janis. They All Played Ragtime. 4th ed. New York, N.Y.: Oak Publications, 1966.

• Calderisi, Maria. "Canadian Sheet Music Before 1867." Available online from Sheet Music from Canada's Past (Library and Archives Canada).

• Curtis, Susan. 1994. Dancing to a Black Man's Tune. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press.

• Davidoff, Boris. 1914. "Music Not a Luxury"  1(5) The Canadian Journal of Music 100-01.

• Gilmore, John. 1988. Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal. Montreal, QC: Vehicule Press.

___________. 1989. Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal: Ragtime to 1970. Montreal, QC: Vehicule Press.

• Hasse, J.E., ed. Ragtime: Its History, Composers, and Music. New York, NY: Schirmer Books, 1985.

• Honce, Charles E. 1915 "The New Music" 1(8) The Canadian Journal of Music 171.

• Hutton, Jack. 1985. Willie Eckstein: This Ragtime Kid Charmed Paderewski While Earning $15,000 a Year. Ragtimer (November-December 1985.

• "I Wish Scott Joplin Had Been There to Hear John Arpin: 1984 Ragtime Bash" (Nov-Dec 1984) The Ragtimer 5-12.

• Jasen, David A. and Gene Jones. 2000. That American Rag: The Story of Ragtime from Coast to Coast. New York: Schirmer Books.

• Kallmann, Helmut. 1960. A History of Music in Canada 1534-1914. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.

• Keillor, Elaine. "Writing for a Market: Canadian Musical Composition before the First World War." Available online from Sheet Music from Canada's Past (Library and Archives Canada).

• Kelly, Wayne. 1991. Downright Upright: A History of the Canadian Piano Industry. Toronto, ON: Natural Heritage.

• Lerma, Dominique-Renede and Vivian Flagg McBrier. 1973. The Collected Piano Works of R. Nathaniel Dett. Evanston, IL: Summy-Birchard.

• Library and Archives Canada, The Virtual Gramophone: Canadian Historical Sound Recordings. Willie Eckstein, Pianist and Composer (1888-1963).

• Maloney, S. Timothy. "Band Music Composition" in The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.

• McBrier, Vivian Flagg. 1977. R. Nathaniel Dett: His Life and Works (1882-1943). Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers.

• McCook, James. 1954. "Pioneers Preferred Pianos" (Winter) Beaver 11.

• McGee, Timothy J. 1985. The Music of Canada. New York: Norton & Company.

• Melhuish, Martin. 1996. Oh What a Feeling: A Vital History of Canadian Music. Kingston, ON: Quarry Press.

• Mensah, Joseph. 2002. Black Canadians: History, Experiences, Social Conditions. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publishing.

• Millar, N. :John Arpin: The Chopin of Ragtime" (Reprinted from In Tune Spring 1979) (Mar-Apr 1980) The Ragtimer 6-10.

• Morriss, Frank. "Visit in a Rainswept Cemetery: Ragtime Composer Recalls a Debt" 8 October 1959) Globe & Mail 15.

• "Music for the People" (editorial). 1915 2(5) The Canadian Journal of Music 67.

• Norman, Barbara. "Music on the Home Front: Canadian Sheet Music of the First World War." Available online from Sheet Music from Canada's Past (Library and Archives Canada).

• Plante, Clément, ed. 1994 Jéan-Baptiste Lafrenière (1874-1912): Rags & Two Steps. Montreal, QC: Fondation ragtime du Québec.

• Proctor, George A. 1980. Canadian Music of the Twentieth Century. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.

• Rasky, F. "John Arpin -- Toronto's Most Polished Performer of Ragtime and Show Tunes" (reprinted from Toronto Star Week) (Jan-Feb 1976) The Ragtimer 4.

• Reffkin, D. "The Ragtime Machine: An Interview with John Arpin" (Jun 1999) The Mississippi Rag 26.

• Scott, Patrick. "A Dual Personality at the Keyboard" (26 February 1966) Globe and Mail.

• Simpson, Anne Key. 1993. Follow Me: The Life and Music of R. Nathaniel Dett. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press.

• The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, s.v. "Arpin, John", available online.

__________________________, s.v. "Eckstein, Willie" (by Edward B. Moogk), available online.

__________________________, s.v. "Guilaroff, Vera" (by Chantal Gauthier), available online.

__________________________, s.v. "H.H. Sparks Music Co." (by Kallmann, Helmut), available online.

__________________________, s.v. "Hooper, Lou" (by Edward B. Moogk), available online.

__________________________, s.v. "O'Hara, Geoffrey" (by Edward B. Moogk), available online.

__________________________, s.v. "Thomas, Harry" (by Chantal Gauthier), available online.

• Wikpedia, s.v. "Dett, Robert Nathaniel," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nathaniel_Dett.

 

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