George Botsford

George Botsford (born February 24, 1874 in Sioux Falls , South Dakota , † February 11, 1949 in New York City ) was an American composer of ragtimes and other musical genres.

biography

Botsford was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1874 and grew up in Iowa . His first composition was The Katy Flyer - Cake Walk , published in Centerville in 1899 . His most famous rag is the Black and White Rag , published in 1908.

Botsford went to New York City and became a Tin Pan Alley composer. Around 1914 to 1915 he experimented with the “mini opera”, which was to be sung by three or four people; but the idea was not well received. After a long career in a variety of music, he died in New York City in 1949.

Compositions

1899: The Katy Flyer - Cake Walk 1906: Dance of the Water Nymphs 1906: In Dear Old Arizona 1907: Pride of the Prairie 1908: Klondike Rag 1908: Black and White Rag 1909: Old Crow Rag 1909: Wiggle Rag 1909: Texas Steer Rag 1909: Pianophiends Rag 1910: Grizzly Bear Rag 1910: Chatterbox Rag

1911: Honeysuckle Rag 1911: Honey Girl 1911: Hyacinth 1911: Royal Flush 1912: Eskimo Rag 1913: Buck-Eye Rag 1913: Incandescent Rag 1913: Universal Rag 1913: Rag, Baby Mine 1913: Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay 1916: Boomerang Rag 1916: On the Old Dominion Line

Web links

• Extensive biography (English)
• George Botsford in the Internet Movie Database (English)