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 Artie Matthews  (1888-1958)

According to the Internet source given below, Artie Matthews was an American ragtime and blues pianist, composer and educator. Born in Braidwood, Illinois, he was first taught by his mother and learned ragtime from two local pianists. After first playing in Springfield, he moved to St. Louis in 1908 becoming composer and arranger at Thomas Million Turpin's Booker T. Washington Theater. Whilst in St. Louis, he studied at the Keeton School of Music. He is credited as being the first to publish a blues, the Baby Seals Blues (1912); later his Weary Blues (1915) became a jazz standard. In the ragtime world he is best known for his inventive Pastime Rags, generally considered to be one of the greatest contributors to the genre.
Matthews moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1916 as a church organist. An early activist for equal rights he founded the Cosmopolitan School of Music, the first black owned and operated music conservatory in the USA. in recognition of his accomplishments and endeavours, he was warded an honorary doctoral degree by Central State University in 1938.
List of Artie Matthews's works.

Sheet Music:

  1. [§] Pastime Rag No. 1 (1913), Descant+Sopranino/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) Ditty Box Enterprises Listen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble
  2. [§] Pastime Rag No. 2 (1913), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) Ditty Box Enterprises Listen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble
  3. [§] Pastime Rag No. 3 (1916), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) Ditty Box Enterprises Listen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble
  4. [§] Pastime Rag No. 4 (1920), Descant/Treble/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass Ditty Box Enterprises Listen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble
  5. [§] Pastime Rag No. 5 (1918), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass) Ditty Box Enterprises Listen. Artist: Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble
6. More sheet music at Ditty Box Enterprises
Further sheet music at DBE: ON HOLD WANTED
Websites:
Dr. Artie Matthews , brief biography by Matra Productions
MATTHEWS, ARTIE BIOGRAPHY by www.naxos.com.
Artie Matthews , biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards
Ragtime Music CDs:
CD tracks/info Claude Bolling on "Original Blues" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Claude Bolling on "Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Claude Bolling on "Ragtime Bolling & Boogie" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Dave Dallwitz on "Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. 1" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Dave Dallwitz on "Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. II" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Richard Dowling on "World's Greatest Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Art of the Rag" 
CD tracks/info "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "A Ragtime Sampler" 
CD tracks/info "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill" 
CD tracks/info Evergreen Ragtime Trio on "It's a Rouser" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Firehouse Stompers on "Leaving Our Mark" Order CD's at Amazon.com
CD tracks/info Marco Fumo on "Last Time Rag: Joplin - Morton et al" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Scott Kirby on "Bucktown in the 90's" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info George Lewis on "George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 04" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info George Lewis on "George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 05" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Paul Lingle on "Live at the Jug Club" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Paul Lingle on "They Tore My Playhouse Down" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it
CD tracks/info Alan Mandel on "American Piano Vol. 3: Rags and Other Riches" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Various Artists on "Honky Tonk Piano" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Various Artists on "Piano Music In America 1900-1945" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Guido Nielsen on "Kitten on the Keys" Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr
CD tracks/info New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra on "Grace and Beauty" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Butch Thompson on "Live at Illiana" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es
CD tracks/info Trebor Jay Tichenor on "Virginia's Favorites" Order CD's at Amazon.com
CD tracks/info Bryan Wright on "Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.es
Brass Music CDs:
CD tracks/info Avatar Brass Quintet on "Magnetic Rags: Ragtime for Brass" Order CD's at Amazon.com Order CD's at Amazon.co.uk Order CD's at Amazon.de Order CD's at Amazon.fr Order CD's at Amazon.ca Order CD's at Amazon.it Order CD's at Amazon.es