Sadie Koninsky (1879-1952)
Last updated: 01.02.24
Sadie Koninsky was a classically-educated violinist and composer born in Troy, New York. She is said to have written more than 300 pieces of music under her own name and using pseodonyms one of which was Jerome Hartman. Almost all her compositions were published by herself and her three brothers in the family business of Koninsky Music Co. She was the first woman composer to publish a cakewalk namely Eli Green's Cake Walk (1899) which was also a hit.
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Sadie Koninsky | Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards |
| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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Eli Green's Cake Walk (1896-1899) | V.L. Ossman | Columbia Phonograph Co.: 3856 | |
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Eli Green's Cake Walk (1904-1909) | V.L. Ossman | Columbia Phonograph Co.: 3856 |
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Eli Green's Cake Walk (1898) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Phoebe Thompson's Cake Walk (1899) | James Pitt-Payne |
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Boardin' House Johnson (1899) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | A/T/T/B/GB(B) |
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Eli Green's Cake Walk (1898) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | D/A(T)/T/B/GB(B) |
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Heart of the Rose (1911) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B) |
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Phoebe Thompson's Cake Walk (1899) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | A/T/T/B/GB(B) |
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Wigwam Courtship (1903), A | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | T/T/B/GB(B) |
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Various Artists | A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997 |        |
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Various Artists | From Cake-Walk To Ragtime 1898-1916 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | From Ragtime to Jazz Vol. 4: 1896-1922 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | I'll Dance till de Sun Breaks through | |
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Nora Hulse | Cake Walks, Two Steps and Rags by Women Composers | |
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Meg Graf | Eatin' Time -- A Ragtime Feast | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Dawn of the Century Ragtime Orchestra | The Dawn of the Century Ragtime Orchestra | |
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St. Louis Ragtimers | The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 2 | |
| Item | Title | Available | € | £ | $ | Other |
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| DBE756 | Boardin' House Johnson (1899) - Cake Walk A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins. |
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| DBE757 | Eli Green's Cake Walk (1898) - Characteristic March D/A(T)/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins. |
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| DBE758 | Heart of the Rose (1911) - Waltzes A/T/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins. |
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| DBE759 | Phoebe Thompson's Cake Walk (1899) - March and Two-Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins. |
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| DBE760 | A Wigwam Courtship (1903) - Intermezzo T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 5 mins. |
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Cause the Sandman's Comin' Around (1905) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano, Voice | Ragtime Piano |  |
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College Days Waltzes (1907) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Eli Green's Cake Walk (1898) | S. Koninsky (music) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana YorkSpace |
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Eli Green's Cake Walk - Song (1896) | S. Koninsky (music) Dave Reed (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Grasshopper's Hop (1901), The | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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I'm Lonely Here Without You, Nellie Dear (1903) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano, Voice | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
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If I Had All the World Besides I'd Still Want You (1916) | S. Koninsky (music) |
Piano, Voice | Ragtime Piano YorkSpace |
Pub. |
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⇑If You Loved Me As I Loved You (1903) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano, Voice | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
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In Lovers' Lane Waltzes (1906) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
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June Roses (1905) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
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Life in Camp (1907) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
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Phoebe Thompson's Cake Walk (1899) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Return of the Troops (1902) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
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River of Dreams (1912), The | S. Koninsky (w&m) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Tis You (1905) | S. Koninsky (music) | Piano, Voice | Ragtime Piano | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 42 works by Sadie Koninsky (1879-1952).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Belles of Andalusia | 1894 | |
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| Minstrel King, The | 1895 |  |
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| Eli Green's Cake Walk - Song | 1896 | Dave Reed (words) | |
| Eli Green's Cake Walk | 1898 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Vess L. Ossman (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I'll Be Your Friend Through All | 1898 | Pub. | |
| Where Love Is King | 1898 | |
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| Boardin' House Johnson | 1899 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| I Wants a Man Who Ain't Afraid to Work | 1899 | |
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| Phoebe Thompson's Cake Walk | 1899 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| When I Return We'll Be Wed | 1899 | Pub. | |
| Beneath the Starry Flag | 1900 | as Jermome Hartman | Pub. |
| ⇑ I Didn't Think You Cared to Have Me Back | 1900 | Pub. | |
| Sing Me a Song of Other Days | 1900 | Pub. | |
| You Alone | 1900 | Pub. | |
| Grasshopper's Hop, The | 1901 | Pub. | |
| In a Japanese Tea House | 1901 | Pub. |
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| When Mammy Puts the Little Coons to Bed | 1901 | |
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| Cleopatra | 1902 | |
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| Forever | 1902 | Pub. | |
| Return of the Troops | 1902 | as Jermome Hartman | Pub. |
| I'm Lonely Here Without You, Nellie Dear | 1903 | Pub. | |
| If You Loved Me As I Loved You | 1903 | Pub. | |
| On to Victory | 1903 | as Jermome Hartman | Pub. |
| When You Are Near | 1903 | Pub. | |
| Wigwam Courtship, A | 1903 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| Maid of the Mist | 1904 | Pub. | |
| Cause the Sandman's Comin' Around | 1905 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ June Roses | 1905 | Pub. | |
| Old Glory | 1905 | as Jermome Hartman | Pub. |
| Tis You | 1905 | Pub. | |
| In Lovers' Lane Waltzes | 1906 | Pub. | |
| College Days Waltzes | 1907 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Life in Camp | 1907 | as Jermome Hartman | |
| Love Tales | 1909 | ||
| Uncle Sam's Boys | 1909 | |
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| Heart of the Rose | 1911 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| River of Dreams, The (w&m) | 1912 | Pub. | |
| Joys of the Dance | 1914 | ||
| If I Had All the World Besides I'd Still Want You | 1916 | Pub. | |
| Mae Marsh Waltzes | 1917 | Pub. | |
| In Yucatan | 1918 | Pub. |
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| Ocean View, The | ? | as Jermome Hartman |
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S. Koninsky | In Yucatan (3:13) | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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S. Koninsky | The Minstrel King (2:59) | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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S. Koninsky | The Minstrel King (3:26) | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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S. Koninsky | Beneath the Starry Flag (3:06) | Compukats |
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S. Koninsky | Return of the Troops (2:57) | Compukats |
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S. Koninsky | On to Victory (2:57) | Compukats |
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S. Koninsky | Old Glory (2:53) | Compukats |
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S. Koninsky | Life in Camp (3:09) | Compukats |
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S. Koninsky | Uncle Sam's Boys (2:51) | Compukats |
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⇑S. Koninsky | A Wigwam Courtship (3:55) | Compukats |
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S. Koninsky | Eli Green's Cake Walk (0:00) | Ragtime Dorian Henry |