Walter Rolfe (1880-1944)
Last updated: 13.09.24
Walter Rolfe was an American songwriter and composer of popular music with more than 300 pieces of music to his credit. Born in Rumford Corners, Maine, he lived and worked in Massachusetts where he taught piano and music theory. He wrote much highly sentimental descriptive music for piano which was typical in the ragtime era.
Of ragtime interest is his characteristic march & two-step Happy Hayseed (1903) and his That Fascinating Rag (1911).
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Big Bass Singer (1919), The | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens. | D/A/T/B/B(GB) |
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| DBE1445T | The Big Bass Singer (1919) |
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Apple Blossoms (1923) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano | IMSLP |  |
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Bashful Bumpkin (1909) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano | Indiana | |
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Big Bass Singer (1919), The | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Closer Still With Thee (1912) | W. Rolfe (w&m) | Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Dream Memories (1918) | W. Rolfe (music) |
Piano, Orchestra | IMSLP Indiana |
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Hawaiian Dream (1918) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Kiss of Spring (1906) | W. Rolfe (music) |
Piano | IMSLP Indiana |
Pub. |
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⇑Kiss of Spring - Song (1910) | W. Rolfe (music) P. Staats (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Mood Pensive (1917) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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My Polar Star (1910) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano, Orchestra | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Primroses (1912) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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Song of the Mermaids (1918) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Springtime of Youth (1915) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano, Voice | Indiana | |
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That Fascinating Rag (1911) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Valse Decembré (1914) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano | IMSLP | Pub. |
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⇑Wildfire (1909) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano | IMSLP | |
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Yo te amo (1914) | W. Rolfe (music) | Piano, Orchestra | IMSLP | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 74 works by Walter Rolfe (1880-1944).
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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| When the Lilacs Are in Bloom | 1900 | Edd Hall (words) | |
| Beneath the Pines of Maine (w&m) | 1901 | Downs &. Scott (perf.) | |
| Song That I Hear in My Dreams, The | 1902 | Pub. | |
| Happy Hayseed, The | 1903 | |
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| Little Church Where You and I Were Wed, The | 1903 | Pub. | |
| I've Come For My Answer Annie Lee | 1906 | Edd Hall (words) | Pub. |
| Kiss of Spring | 1906 | Pub. | |
| Laughing Sam (w&m) | 1906 | Pub. | |
| Sunbeam Dance | 1906 | Pub. | |
| When the Green Leaves Turn to Gold | 1906 | Pub. | |
| Autumn Reverie, An | 1907 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ Mandy Jane | 1907 | Pub. | |
| Capt. Bing | 1908 | Wm. J MacFarlane (words) | Pub. |
| Stack of Fun | 1908 | Pub. | |
| Ah Sin | 1909 |  |
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| Bashful Bumpkin | 1909 | Pub. | |
| Garden of Love | 1909 | Pub. | |
| There'll Come a Day of Reckoning | 1909 | Frank L Murphy (words) | Pub. |
| Wildfire | 1909 | Pub. | |
| Call to Arms, The | 1910 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Irvina (w&m) | 1910 | |
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| Kiss of Spring - Song | 1910 | Phil Staats (words) | Pub. |
| My Polar Star | 1910 | Pub. | |
| Vision of Love | 1910 | |
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| Cupid's Kiss | 1911 | |
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| Flight of Fancy | 1911 | |
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| That Fascinating Rag | 1911 | Pub. | |
| Closer Still With Thee (w&m) | 1912 | |
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| Little While, A | 1912 | Pub. | |
| Mystery | 1912 | ||
| Primroses | 1912 | |
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| ⇑ Suzanne | 1912 | |
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| What Do You Think of That? (w&m) | 1912 | Pub. | |
| Delectation | 1914 | Pub. | |
| Smile and Frowns | 1914 | Pub. | |
| Twilight Hours Waltz | 1914 | Pub. | |
| Valse Decembré | 1914 | |
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| Yo te amo | 1914 | Pub. | |
| Dreamland Voices | 1915 | Pub. | |
| Love in May | 1915 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Rosemary | 1915 | |
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| Springtime of Youth | 1915 | |
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| Pictures in the Firelight | 1916 | |
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| L'Encore | 1917 | |
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| Mood Pensive | 1917 | |
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| Night of Love | 1917 | |
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| Dream Memories | 1918 | Pub. | |
| Hawaiian Dream | 1918 | |
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| Song of the Mermaids | 1918 | |
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| Sylvan Dreams | 1918 | Pub. | |
| Big Bass Singer, The | 1919 | Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Our Invincible Nation | 1922 | Pub. | |
| Apple Blossoms | 1923 | Pub. | |
| Candle-Glow | 1923 | |
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| Elfin Dreams | 1923 | Pub. | |
| Stolen Kisses | 1923 | Pub. | |
| Water-Nymphs | 1923 | Pub. | |
| Clear As a Crystal | 1924 | Pub. | |
| Little Soldier March | 1924 | Pub. | |
| Twilight Visions | 1924 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Comin' Home to You | 1925 | Effie Cutler (words) | |
| Honeymoon Dance | 1925 | |
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| Moon Rocket, The | 1925 | |
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| Radio Boys March, The | 1925 | Pub. | |
| Vale of Song | 1926 | |
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| Larkspur | 1929 | |
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| Dream Visions | 1931 | |
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| On the Trail | 1933 | |
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| Sing a Song of Sixpence | 1938 | walter Rolfe1 (words) | |
| Volga Boat Song | 1943 | D. Laqmont (co-author) | Pub. |
| Hollyhocks | ? | Pub. | |
| ⇑ In a Moonlight Garden | ? | Pub. | |
| Longing | ? | Pub. | |
| Ocean Blue | ? | |