Theodore Havermeyer Northrup

Theodore Havermeyer Northrup (1866–1919) composed one of the earliest rags, "Louisiana Rag", in 1897. The Thompson Music Company of Chicago in November, 1897 stated in a promo ad that it was "composed by Theo H. Northrup, the greatest living ragtime pianist. This piece has made an instantaneous hit and has become a great favorite everywhere." His other compositions in 1897 included "A Night on the Levee" and "Savannah Jubilee".

Compositions

 * Avon Waltzes (1887)
 * La Tosca Waltzes (1889)

1890

 * Just Ten

1891

 * All the Go
 * Two Happy Coons
 * The Moon's Pale Light is Beaming

1892

 * In the Ball Room: Schottische
 * The Possum Patrol
 * The Tennis Mazurka
 * Dancing Waves
 * Irene Slumbers, with W. Hill
 * Turn Texas Loose, with C. C. DeZouche

1893

 * The Angelus Bell
 * Dolores
 * In Lover's Lane, with E. Field
 * The Flower Gardener Waltzes
 * I'm A Sport

1894

 * Carrie and Her Wheel
 * A Kiss at Home
 * The Waif on the Street
 * Regret
 * The Golden Gate Brigade: March
 * The Loreley

1895

 * The Golden Treasury of Music from the World's Famous Composers, compilation and arrangement
 * Eaoline, with Louie Blosser
 * Papa, Be Good to Mama
 * Trilby
 * Pat Wiley's Old Back Stoop, with William Lewis Elliot
 * One Night, with Lawrence Oxenford
 * Years Ago
 * My Heart's Desire
 * The Sweetest Girl in Town

1896

 * My Eileen
 * The Anvil of Blacksmith John
 * It Is Better to Have Loved and Lost Than Ne'er to Have Loved at All, with Walter M. Auerbach
 * The Palms
 * Down in Maiden Lane, with Colin C. Hamand
 * I Love You So
 * Over The Fence Sweet Polly

1897

 * Ben Harney's Ragtime Instructor, as arranger
 * Savannah Jubilee Schottische
 * A Night On The Levee
 * Louisiana Rag (Pas Ma La)
 * Only a Pair of Worn-Out Shoes, with William Fisher
 * One Sweetly Solemn Thought
 * Plantation Echoes
 * Susanna from Savannah, with George Evans

1898

 * Happy Hannah
 * On the Bayou

1899

 * I Cert'nly Was a Very Busy Man
 * My Dearest Girl
 * Virginia Capers
 * After What He Done To Me, with Nellie Smith Ravell
 * Where the Branches Kissed the River
 * Chester and Dorothy, with William S. Lord
 * The Lass and the Highland Plaid
 * Sue, Ma Sue, with Charles W. Doty
 * Over the Hills to Jersey

1900

 * Dost Thou Remember
 * Loquatias Moll
 * Suzanne from Gay Paree, with Harry Werner
 * I'm Glad to See You're Back, with Will D. Cobb
 * Pucker Up Your Lips Miss Lucy
 * A Good Run's Better Than a Bad Stand
 * The Conjure Man
 * When I'se By Her Side
 * She's Ma Little Sugar Plum
 * My Little Jungle Queen: A Congo Love
 * She's the Real Thing My Baby
 * Lou Lou: Sérénade

1901

 * United Confederate Veterans (U.C.V.) March
 * Gladys
 * Parthenia

1902

 * Polly Pry
 * Silas and the New York Girl
 * Lucy
 * The Broadway Brigade

1906

 * Uncle Sammy

1914

 * In the Forest

1915

 * Sometimes in Dreams