The latter half of the 19th century was a period of great development in American music. ragtime became extremely popular and it dominated the popular music of the early 20th century. One tends to imagine that Scott Joplin was the only ragtime compos er but there were many others. Here is a collection of those pieces - Alabama dream A ragtime nightmare Chopsticks Cotton bolls Creole belles Heliotrope bouquet Just ask me Possum & taters Queen of love Rag medley 1 & 2 Sure fire rag