Geraldine Dobyns (1883-)

Overview

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.

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Richard Egan	on "From the Land of Ragtime"
	Virginia Eskin	on "Fluffy Ruffle Girls: Women in Ragtime"
	Nora Hulse	on "24 Piano Rags by Women"
	Nora Hulse	on "Cake Walks, Two Steps and Rags by Women Composers"
	Sue Keller	on "Nola"

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE980	Bull Dog Rag (1908) A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE981	Holly and Mistletoe (1909) - Rag Two Step A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 2¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE384	Possum Rag (1907) D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2¾ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Bull Dog Rag (1908)	A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
	Holly and Mistletoe (1909)	A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
	Possum Rag (1907)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)

Works

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.

Possum Rag (1907)	Holly and Mistletoe (1909)
Bull Dog Rag (1908)

Videos

	Title	Performer	Score


	Bull Dog Rag (2:52)	Ragtime Dorian Henry