Geraldine Dobyns  (1883-)
Last updated: 01.02.24
All that is known about this American lady ragtime composer is that she composed her famous and still recorded Possum Rag (1907). She was born in Louisiana where she is buried in Baton Rouge. Trebor Jay Tichenor described her in his That American Rag: The Story of Ragtime from Coast to Coast as being the composer of some of the most syncopated, free-wheeling folk rags published in the Southern Mississippi Valley.


  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Bull Dog Rag (1908) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Possum Rag (1907) Sakae Watanabe
  Title (Release Year) Performers Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif Bull Dog Rag (1908) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Holly and Mistletoe (1909) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Possum Rag (1907) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Virginia Eskin Fluffy Ruffle Girls: Women in Ragtime flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Nora Hulse 24 Piano Rags by Women flag15us.gif
cd15.gif Nora Hulse Cake Walks, Two Steps and Rags by Women Composers
cd15.gif Richard Egan From the Land of Ragtime
cd15.gif Sue Keller Nola flag15us.gif flag15de.gif
Item Title Available €     £     $     Other
             
DBE980 Bull Dog Rag (1908)
A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.
1-2 days
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DBE981 Holly and Mistletoe (1909) - Rag Two Step
A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 2¼ mins.
1-2 days
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DBE384 Possum Rag (1907)
D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2¾ mins.
1-2 days
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     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Bull Dog Rag (1908) A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifwvicon.gif
sm15.gif Holly and Mistletoe (1909) A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifPub.
sm15.gif Possum Rag (1907) D/A/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifPub.
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Bull Dog Rag (1908) G. Dobyns (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
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Possum Rag (1907) G. Dobyns (music)
Piano IMSLP
Indiana
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 3 works by Geraldine Dobyns (1883-). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Possum Rag 1907 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
Bull Dog Rag 1908 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
Holly and Mistletoe 1909 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg  audiodbemp315.gif
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg G. Dobyns Holly and Mistletoe (2:06) Ragtime Dorian Henry