Arthur Marshall (composer)
Arthur Owen Marshall (born November 20, 1881 in Saline County (Missouri) , † August 18, 1968 in Kansas City (Missouri) ) was an American composer and pianist of ragtime .
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Marshall, who first grew up in the country, moved with his family as a school child to Sedalia, Missouri, because of the much better education there for African Americans. When he was 15 years old, he (like his classmate Scott Hayden ) became a student of Scott Joplin , who was a boarder with his parents. They performed together in nightclubs such as the Black 400 Club and the Maple Leaf Club .
Marshall then studied music (theory) at George R. Smith College , where he graduated as a teacher. While still in college, he toured with McCabe's Minstrels for almost two years , playing rags on the piano during breaks. He also played at dance events, but also in brothels to collect college fees.
In 1901 Marshall moved to St. Louis, where he lived with Joplin and wrote two rags with him, Swipesy Cake Walk (1900) and The Lily Queen (1907). In the next few years he worked there and in Chicago, where he lived from 1905, as a pianist. He also wrote a few rags.
Personal circumstances (the death of his second wife and their third child in childbed) prompted him to retire from the music scene in 1917. It was not until 1949 that Marshall published some other compositions such as the National Prize Rag, Silver Arrow and the Missouri Romp . Occasionally he reappeared and was also given the opportunity to record his rags. He published two other pieces in 1966, Century Prize and Silver Rocket ; three more rags were posthumously relocated.
Publications
title | Year of publication | Remarks |
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Swipesy Cakewalk | 1900 | with Scott Joplin |
Kinklets | 1906 | |
Lily Queen | 1907 | with Joplin |
Missouri Romp | 1907 | |
Ham and! | 1908 | |
The Peach | 1908 | |
The Glory of the Cubs | 1908 | with FR Sweirngen |
The Pippin | 1908 | |
Silver Arrow Rag | 1949 | |
National Prize Rag | 1950 | |
Century Prize | 1966 | |
Silver Rocket | 1966 | |
I'll Wait Until My Dream Girl Comes Again | 1974 | posthumously |
Little Jack's Rag | 1976 | posthumously |
The Miracle of a Birth | 1980 | posthumously |
literature
- David A. Jasen, Trebor Jay Tichenor Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History Dover Publications, New York City 1978, pp. 106-110; ISBN 0-486-25922-6
- Gildo De Stefano , Ragtime, Jazz & dintorni , Sugarco Editions, Milan 2007; ISBN 887198532X
Web links
- Entry (Historic Missourians: The State Historical Society of Missouri)
- portrait
- Arthur Marshall at Allmusic (English)
- Arthur Marshall at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jannet Hubbard-Brown (2009). Scott Joplin: Composer , p. 30th
- ↑ Rose M. Nolen (2010). African Americans in Mid-Missouri: From Pioneers to Ragtimers , pp. 43-44
- ^ Edward A. Berlin: King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era . Oxford Univ. Press, 1994, ISBN 0-19-510108-1 , p. 168.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Marshall, Arthur |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marshall, Arthur Owen (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and ragtime pianist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1881 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saline County, Missouri |
DATE OF DEATH | 18th August 1968 |
Place of death | Kansas City (Missouri) |