Grace Marie Bolen  (1883-1974)
Last updated: 01.02.24
According to Nora Hulse in her Cakewalks, Two Steps and Rags Grace Marie Bolen was an American composer born into a wealthy Kansas City family. Her first composition The Fair (1898) was published when she was just 15-years old. Her The Black Diamond (1899) and The Smoky Topaz (1901) were widely known and are still recorded today. She died in Longview, Texas where she was known as "Mama Grace" and had taught piano and voice for some twenty years.


Websites:
url15.gif Grace Marie Bolen Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards  
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Black Diamond (1899), The Colin McDonald
audiomidi15.gif Fair (1898), The John Cowles
audiomidi15.gif Smoky Topaz (1901), The Sakae Watanabe
  Title (Release Year) Performers Instruments
       
audiodbemp315.gif Black Diamond (1899), The Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. A/T/T/T/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Smoky Topaz (1901), The Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. T/T/T/B/GB(B)
audiodbemp315.gif Smoky Topaz (1901), The Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. T/T/B
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Jenks/Grinstead Ragtime Bigtime flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Dave Tucker Meadow Lark CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Nora Hulse Cake Walks, Two Steps and Rags by Women Composers
cd15.gif Tom Brier Dualing at the McCoys CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Squeek Steele Ragtime Volume One CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15es.gif
Item Title Available €     £     $     Other
             
DBE641 The Black Diamond (1899) - March & Two Step
A/T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.
1-2 days
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DBE640 The Smoky Topaz (1901) - March and Two Step
T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.
1-2 days
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DBE640C The Smoky Topaz (1901) - March and Two Step
T/T/B, approx. 3¾ mins.
out-of-print €9.00 £7.50 $11.75  
     Title Instruments Remarks
       
sm15.gif Black Diamond (1899), The A/T/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifwvicon.gif
sm15.gif Smoky Topaz (1901), The T/T/T/B/GB(B) dbe15.gifPub.
sm15.gif Smoky Topaz (1901), The T/T/B dbe15.gifPub.
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Smoky Topaz (1901), The G.M. Bolen (music) Piano Ragtime Piano wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 4 works by Grace Marie Bolen (1883-1974). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Fair, The 1898  audiomidi15.gif
Black Diamond, The 1899 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
From Sea to Sea 1899
Smoky Topaz, The 1901 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  wvicon.gif audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif audiodbemp315.gif
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg G.M. Bolen The Black Diamond (2:40) Ragtime Dorian Henry