Calvin Woolsey | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Calvin Lee Woolsey December 26, 1883[1] |
| Died |
November 12, 1946[2] Braymer, Missouri, U.S.[2] |
| Occupation | Physician, composer and pianist |
Calvin Woolsey (December 26, 1883 – November 12, 1946) was an American physician and pianist.
Biography[]
Woolsey was the middle of three children born to Napoleon and Gertrude Woolsey. He was raised in Tinney Grove, Missouri, just south of the city of Braymer. He earned a medical degree from the University of Missouri and did his post-graduate work at Harvard Medical School. He joined the Army Medical Corps during World War I and attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant.[1]
He composed rags in the folk ragtime style that was popular around 1900. He sold two of these to Jerome H. Remick and self-published several others. He also published a waltz and a march.
He died at home, in 1946, of a coronary thrombosis.[1]
Compositions[]
cover art from sheet music for "Medic Rag" (1910)
- "Funny Bones" (rag, 1909)
- "Dissatisfied" (1910)
- "Poison Rag" (1910)
- "Medic Rag" (1910)
- "Peroxide Rag" (1910)
- "Mashed Potatoes" (rag, 1911)
- "Bill Johnson" (1912)
- "Purple and White" (march, 1913)
- "Lover's Lane Glide" (rag, 1914)
- "Hearts Across The Sea" (waltz, 1918)
See also[]
- List of ragtime composers
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edwards, Bill. "Calvin Lee Woolsey". http://ragpiano.com/comps/cwoolsey.shtml. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jasen, David A.; Trebor Jay Tichenor (1978). Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc.. pp. 61–64. ISBN 0-486-25922-6.
External links[]
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