Robert Morrison Stults (1861-1933)
Last updated: 02.08.21
When transcribing the two cakewalks Smoky Sam (1898) and Walkin' on de Rainbow Road (1899) , both published by M.D. Swisher, Philadelphia, for recorder ensemble back in 2006, I took the publisher's blurb at its face value. On the front cover of the latter, the publisher proclaims S. M. Roberts to be "the man that perpetrated Smoky Sam and a few other feet wrigglers.". As a result I believed S. M. Roberts to be yet another obscure ragtime era composer of whom nothing was known.
While researching Stults in March, 2015, however, I found that he used S. M. Roberts as a pseudonym for his three ragtime compositions the third piece being A Moonlight Meander (1900).
While researching Stults in March, 2015, however, I found that he used S. M. Roberts as a pseudonym for his three ragtime compositions the third piece being A Moonlight Meander (1900).
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Robert Morrison Stults | Biography by wikipedia.org. |
| Item | Title | Available | € | £ | $ | Other |
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| DBE603 | Smoky Sam (1898) - Characteristic Two Step A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins. |
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| DBE604 | Walkin' on de Rainbow Road (1899) - Cake Walk and Two Step A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins. |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 31 works by Robert Morrison Stults (1861-1933).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Battle Monument | 1875 |  |
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| Academic March | 1885 | |
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| Hollywood Waltzes | 1885 | |
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| Love's Sweet Story | 1891 | |
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| Sweetest Story Ever Told, The (w&m) | 1892 |  |
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| Birds and the Brook, The | 1893 |  |
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| Yes, I Love You | 1893 | |
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| Our Orioles | 1894 | |
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| My Little Yaller Coon, Good Night | 1896 | |
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| Because You Told Me So | 1897 | |
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| M.A.C. | 1897 | |
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| ⇑ Papa's Lullaby | 1897 | |
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| Avenge the Good Ship Maine | 1898 | J. Aldrich Libbey (sung by) | |
| Old Sentinel March, The | 1898 | |
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| Smoky Sam | 1898 | as S.M. Roberts | |
| Walkin' on de Rainbow Road | 1899 | as S.M. Roberts | |
| Midnight Meander, A | 1900 | as S.M. Roberts | |
| Whisper (w&m) | 1900 | |
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| Breathe Those Tender Words Again | 1901 | |
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| Bulls and Bears | 1901 | |
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| I Wonder if You Ever Think of Me | 1901 | |
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| If Dreams Were Only True | 1902 | |
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| Redemption (w&m) | 1902 | |
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| ⇑ Again | 1904 | Edwin M Abbott (words) | |
| Way Down South in Dixie | 1908 | |
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| When the Twilight Softly Falls | 1908 | |
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| For Love's Sweet Sake | 1910 | |
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| Bird's Ball, The | 1911 | ||
| Sing Me an Old Sweet Song of Love (w&m) | 1911 | |
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| Revel of the Brownies | ? | ||
| Song For My Little Maid | ? |