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