All that can presently (May 2013) be gleaned about by internet searching is that James I. Lent is the one-off composer of The Ragtime Drummer (1904) published by Brehm Bros, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 1 work by James I. Lent.
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.