Verdi Karns (1882-1925)

Overview

Verdi Karns was an American composer of a march, three rags, a waltz and two songs. She born in Bluffton, Indiana and studied at a music conservatory in Indianapolis. She died in Phoenix.

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


	Bluffton Carnival Rag (1899), The		James Pitt-Payne

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


	Bluffton Carnival Rag (1899), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)
	Ragamuffin (1899)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/T/T+B/B/GB(B)

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Ragtime Music CDs:
	Nora Hulse	Cake Walks, Two Steps and Rags by Women Composers
	Nora Hulse	Ragtime Refreshments
	Nora Hulse	60 Years of Ragtime Piano

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE988	The Bluffton Carnival Rag (1899) T/T/B+T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.	print-on-demand	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50
DBE990	Ragamuffin (1899) - Rag Two Step D/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 2¼ mins.	print-on-demand	€9.00	£7.50	$11.75

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Bluffton Carnival Rag (1899), The	T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)
	Ragamuffin (1899)	D/T/T+B/B/GB(B)	Pub.

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Bluffton Carnival Rag (1905), The	V. Karns (music)	Piano, Voice	Indiana

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 7 works by Verdi Karns (1882-1925). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Black Beauty	1898
Giuseppe March	1898		Pub.
Kentucky Rag	1898
Bluffton Carnival Rag, The	1899	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Ragamuffin	1899	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Blufftonian Waltzes	1900
Yo' Got to Hab a Lincese or Yo' Can't Get In	1905		Pub.

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	V. Karns	Blufftonian Waltzes (2:37)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	V. Karns	The Bluffton Carnival Rag (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry