Carleton L. Colby 
Last updated: 01.02.24
Despite the half-dozen or so compositions, many of them rags, written by Carleton L. Colby very little is known about the person himself. He was presumably American and composed between 1913 and 1920. His final works included Good-Bye Rag (1920) and Good-Bye Blues (1920) perhaps announcing his departure from composition or his belief that the ragtime era was coming to a close or even both.


  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Good-Bye Rag (1920) James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Performers Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif Good-Bye Rag (1920) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. T/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Paragon Ragtime Orchestra Knockout Drops CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Paragon Ragtime Orchestra That Demon Rag! CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif
cd15.gif Terry Waldo Ragtime Classics Vol. 2 flag15us.gif
Item Title Available €     £     $     Other
             
DBE455 Good-Bye Rag (1920) - A Fox Trot
T/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.
1-2 days
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     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Good-Bye Rag (1920) T/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifwvicon.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Cinderella (1929) C.L. Colby (music)
Maurice Wetzel (words)
Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Entreaty (1920) C.L. Colby (music) Piano, Orchestra IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Good-Bye Blues (1920) C.L. Colby (music)
W.A. Downs (words)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Good-Bye Rag (1920) C.L. Colby (music) Piano Indiana
pdf15.gif Maid in the Moon (?), The C.L. Colby (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Misery Rag - Ragtime Travesty on ''Il Trovatore'' (1914) C.L. Colby (music) Piano, Orchestra IMSLP wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 8 works by Carleton L. Colby. 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
       
Booster, The 1913
Cornetski 1914
Misery Rag 1914  wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg
Entreaty 1920  wvicon.gif
Good-Bye Blues 1920 William Andrew Downs (words)  wvicon.gif
Good-Bye Rag 1920 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  youtube15.jpg audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
Cinderella 1929 Maurice Wetzel (words)  wvicon.gif
Maid in the Moon, The (w&m) ?  wvicon.gif
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg C.L. Colby Good-Bye Rag (2:46) Ragtime Dorian Henry
youtube15.jpg C.L. Colby Misery Rag (4:01) Ragtime Dorian Henry