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First: J. Ibert Prev.: F. Irvin Composer Table: I Next: H. Isaac Last: B. Ivo 		 May Irwin  (1862-1938)

According to Nora Hulse in her 24 Piano Rags, May Irwin was an American entertainer born in Ontario, Canada. Together with her sister Flo sang and played the piano. By 1872 they were performing in the Adelphi theatre in Buffalo, New York. She is said to have been "the first red hot mamma". She enjoyed a long career until 1922 in the course of which she appeared on the New York stage. She is credited with a number of songs but of ragtime interest is her "May Irwin's Ragtime Dance (1906).
List of May Irwin's works.

Sheet Music:

  1. [§] May Irwin's Ragtime Dance (1906), Tenor/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) Ditty Box Enterprises Listen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble
  2. [§] The New Bully (1896), Descant/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) Ditty Box Enterprises Listen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble
3. More sheet music at the Amazons
4. More sheet music at Ditty Box Enterprises
Websites:
May Irwin , biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards
Ragtime Music CDs:
CD tracks/info Nora Hulse on "24 Piano Rags by Women" Order CD's at Amazon.com