Ellis R. Ephraim
Last updated: 12.08.23
There is very little known about Ellis R. Ephraim, composer, songwriter and publisher, other than the bald facts given on his published sheet music covers. Internet searches have uncovered some 21 pieces composed by him and published by an astonishing no less than 10 publishers, including himself, located in Baltimore and New York. His works include marches, cakewalks, intermezzi, sentimental songs such as She's Gone to the Land of Santa Claus (DBE 469 - 1904) and comic songs such as The Goose Step (1901) which pokes fun of the marching styles of the then European powers compared with that of the American. Of ragtime interest is his amusing He Won't Come Back No Never-- A Syncopated Stutter (1898).
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Bedouin Attack (1900), The | S+D/A/T/T/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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Bedouin Attack (1900), The | S+D/A/T/B | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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Coon Behind the Gun (1900), The | A+D/T/T/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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Hop Lee (1901) | D/A/T/T/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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In Old Egypt Land (1904) | T/T/T/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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Iris (1900) | A/T/T/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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On the Rocky Road to Dublin (1906) | A/T/T/T+B/B/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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On to Victory (1897) | D/T/T/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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She's Gone to the Land of Santa Claus (1904) | T/T/T/B/GB(B)/V(OT) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
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Uncle Rufus' Cake-Walk (1898) | D/A/T/T/B/GB(B) | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. |
| Midi File(s) | Sequencer(s) | ||
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Coon Behind the Gun (1900), The | Midi | J. Pitt-Payne |
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Hop Lee (1901) | Midi | J. Pitt-Payne |
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In Old Egypt Land (1904) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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Iris (1900) | Midi | J. Pitt-Payne |
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On the Rocky Road to Dublin (1906) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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⇑On to Victory (1897) | Midi | J. Pitt-Payne |
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She's Gone to the Land of Santa Claus (1904) | Midi | Benjamin Robert Tubb |
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Uncle Rufus' Cake-Walk (1898) | Midi | J. Pitt-Payne |
| Item | Title | Available | € | £ | $ | Other |
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| DBE462 | The Bedouin Attack (1900) - Characteristic March S+D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins. |
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| DBE462D | The Bedouin Attack (1900) - Characteristic March S+D/A/T/B, approx. 3 mins. |
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| DBE463 | The Coon Behind the Gun (1900) - Characteristic March and Two Step A+D/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins. |
1-2 days | |
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| DBE464 | Hop Lee (1901) - A Chinese Cake Walk D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx 3. mins. |
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| DBE465 | In Old Egypt Land (1904) - Intermezzo Two Step T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins. |
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| DBE466 | Iris (1900) - A Greek Intermezzo A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins. |
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| DBE467 | On the Rocky Road to Dublin (1906) - Irish Intermezzo and Two Step A/T/T/T+B/B/B/GB(B), approx. 5 mins. |
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| ⇑DBE468 | On to Victory (1897) - March and Two Step D/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins. |
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| DBE469 | She's Gone to the Land of Santa Claus (1904) - Song T/T/T/B/GB(B)/V(OT), approx. 3½ mins. |
out-of-print | €12.00 | £10.00 | $15.50 | |
| DBE470 | Uncle Rufus' Cake-Walk (1898) - Characteristic March and Two Step D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins. |
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| Title | Instruments | Remarks |
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Contrary Mary (1903) | E.R. Ephraim (music) M.E. Rourke (words) Felix Haney (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP |  |
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On the Rocky Road to Dublin (1906) | E.R. Ephraim (music) | Piano, Orchestra | IMSLP | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 23 works by Ellis R. Ephraim.
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
(w&m)
(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| On to Victory | 1897 | |
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| Belle of Klondike, The | 1898 | J. Dannenberg (words) | |
| He Won't Come Back No Never | 1898 | Leonard K. Hirshberg (words) | Pub. |
| Uncle Rufus' Cake-Walk | 1898 | Pub. |
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| Alabama Jubilee, An | 1900 | ||
| Bedouin Attack, The | 1900 | |
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| Coon Behind the Gun, The | 1900 | |
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| Iris | 1900 |  |
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| Some Day You Will Ask Me to Come Back | 1900 | Jean C. Havez (words) | |
| Goose Step, The | 1901 | R.L. Johnson (words) | |
| Hop Lee | 1901 | Pub. |
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| ⇑ My Little Honey Dove (w&m) | 1901 | Pub. | |
| T'is God's Way | 1901 | Rida Johnson Young (words) | |
| Coming Down Love Lane | 1902 | Rida Johnson Young (words) | Pub. |
| Bon Bons | 1903 | |
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| Contrary Mary | 1903 | M.E. Rourke (words) Felix Haney (perf.) |
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| In Old Egypt Land | 1904 | |
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| She's Gone to the Land of Santa Claus | 1904 | Percy Campbell Mason (words) | Pub. |
| Dervishes Patrol, The | 1905 | Pub. | |
| Hello - Alright - Goodbye | 1905 | Robt. B. Morris (words) Caro Roma (perf.) Louise Temple Swi (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Injun Gal | 1905 | Pub. | |
| Injun Gal - Song | 1905 | P.C. Mason (words) Eleanor Falk (perf.) |
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| On the Rocky Road to Dublin | 1906 | Pub. |