Walter C. Simon 
Last updated: 01.02.24
Walter C. Simon is another obscure ragtime era composer known only for a handful of compositions. His best known and still recorded piece is the most remarkable two-step, Sponge, which he composed and published in 1911.


  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Sponge (1911) Colin McDonald
  Title (Release Year) Performers Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif Goblins' Parade (1910) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/T/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Sponge (1911) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. D/A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Stampede (1916) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif David Thomas Roberts Best of New Orleans Ragtime Piano CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Alan Martin Everything is Ragtime Now flag15us.gif flag15de.gif
cd15.gif Brent Watkins The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 2 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15de.gif flag15es.gif
Item Title Available €     £     $     Other
             
DBE790 Goblins' Parade (1910) - Characteristic Dance
A/T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.
1-2 days
other.gif
DBE791 Sponge (1911) - Two Step
D/A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.
1-2 days
other.gif
DBE792 Stampede (1916) - For Western Scenes
A/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 2¾ mins.
1-2 days
other.gif
     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Goblins' Parade (1910) A/T/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifwvicon.gif
sm15.gif Sponge (1911) D/A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifPub.
sm15.gif Stampede (1916) A/A/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifPub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 6 works by Walter C. Simon. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Pittsburg the City of Smoke 1905 Elmore I. Lee (words)  wvicon.gif
Goblins' Parade 1910 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif  audiodbemp315.gif
Sponge 1911 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
Hurry 1916
Stampede 1916 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  Pub.  audiodbemp315.gif
Jazanjaz 1919  wvicon.gif