Archie W. Scheu  (1880-1963)
Last updated: 01.02.24
Archie W. Scheu was an American composer and publisher of popular easy-to-play ragtime numbers. Of his dozen or so compositions written between 1905 and 1909, Sleepy Sidney (1907) is probably the best known.

Websites:
url15.gif Archie W. Scheu Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards  
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Jack Frost (1906) Colin D. McDonald
audiomidi15.gif Sleepy Sidney (1907) Colin McDonald
  Title (Release Year) Performers Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif Jack Frost (1906) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Sleepy Sidney (1907) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Bryan Wright Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
Item Title Available €     £     $     Other
             
DBE1483 Jack Frost (1906) - Rag-Time Two Step
D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.
print-on-demand €12.00 £10.00 $15.50  
DBE1485 Sleepy Sidney (1907) - Rag-Time Two Step
A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.
print-on-demand €12.00 £10.00 $15.50  
     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Jack Frost (1906) D/A/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifwvicon.gif
sm15.gif Sleepy Sidney (1907) A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifPub.
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Jack Frost (1906) A.W. Scheu (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Sleepy Sidney (1907) A.W. Scheu (music) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 14 works by Archie W. Scheu (1880-1963). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Smiling Sadie 1905  wvicon.gif
Stadium 1905
Winner, The 1905
Dreaming 1906  Pub.
Hot Foot 1906  wvicon.gif
Jack Frost 1906 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  Pub. youtube15.jpg audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
Poodles & Pugs 1906  Pub.
When 1906
Sleepy Sidney 1907 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  Pub. audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
Standard Oil 1907 F. L. Hill (words)  wvicon.gif
Naoma 1909 Willis Frets (words)  wvicon.gif
Naoma - for Orchestra 1909  Pub.
Percy 1909  Pub.
Thinking (w&m) 1909  Pub.
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg A.W. Scheu Jack Frost (0:00) Ragtime Dorian Henry