The Rag Bag

Composers: Various

Arranger: William H. Tyers

Publisher: Leo. Feist Inc.

Location: New York, New York

Copyright Year: 1910

Form: Rag Folio

Notes: This collection of rags, arranged by William H. Tyers, contains the full music for nine different ragtime compositions including a piece by none other than Scott Joplin. All pieces credit Tyers as arranger, regardless of whether or not he made any edits to the actual music.

List of Compositions:

• “Darkies’ Spring Song” by E. A. Van Alstyne
• “Hocus Pocus Rag” by Lewis Reiterman
• “Jasper’s Dream” by Warren Beebe
• “Levee Rag” by Charles E. Mullen
• “Odds and Ends” by E. A. Van Alstyne
• “Rag Time Chimes” by E. A. Van Alstyne
• “Spaghetti Rag” by Charles B. Brown
• “The Sycamore: A Concert Rag” by Scott Joplin, listed as “Sycamore Rag” in the Table of Contents
• “Wiggy Waggy Rag” by Mattie Harl Burgess