The Dee Family James Scott Sheet Music Collection

The Dee Family's
James Scott Sheet Music Collection
(an ongoing project)

About this project: This page is still somewhat "under construction," but is coming along slowly. For many of Scott's works, we could only locate B&W pics. If anyone has color photos or scans to share, we'd love to post them. Be sure to also visit our Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb pages.

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TITLES OWNED	©YR.	PUBLISHER	NOTES
Frog Legs Rag	1906	Stark Music	Two versions shown here... the usual green... ...and one with a red background.
Kansas City Rag	1907	Stark Music	I believe this also came in a dark grey version (which we do not own).
Grace and Beauty	1909	Stark Music	Here's another tune with the same cover: "Kansas City Kansas Frances" by Mae Fisher -- also from 1909. Based on the design, this could very well be Stark's first use of this cover.
Ragtime Betty	1909	Stark Music
Valse Venice	1909	Stark Music
Ophelia Rag	1910	Stark Music
Hilarity Rag	1910	Stark Music
Princess Rag	1911	Stark Music
Ragtime Oriole	1911	Stark Music	Note: We have the usual greenish version, but it apparently was also issued with a gold colored cover (which we don't have):
Evergreen Rag	1915	Stark Music	Another common cover design from the Stark catalog. Used later for Scott's Paramount Rag (scroll down a bit to see), and also for a Charles Hunter tune, Seraphine Waltz. (I'll have to check the year of this one.)
Dixie Dimples	1918	Will Livernash Music Co.
Springtime of Love	1919		There were apparently two publishers of this this song. More info to come soon.

TITLES WE'RE SEEKING	©YR.	PUBLISHER	NOTES
A Summer Breeze	1903	Dumars Music Co. Carthage, MO
The Fascinator	1903	Dumars Music Co. Carthage, MO	Dedicated to "my friend Miss Daisey N. Pierce." I wonder if this is her?
On the Pike	1904	Dumars Music Co. Carthage, MO
Great Scott Rag	1909	Allen Music Co., Columbia, MO
She's My Girl from Anaconda	1909	Dumars Gammon
Sweetheart Time	1909	Dumars Gammon
Sunburst Rag	1909	Stark Music	Two interesting notes: First, for the top cover, be sure to visit our Scott Joplin page and scroll down to Reflection Rag. You'll see other sheet music with the same cover. This second one appears to be an original copy. Who knows if it's "the" original 1st edition cover, or if it's a later one??!
Hearts Longing Waltzes	1910	Stark Music
Quality Rag	1911	Stark Music
The Suffragette Valse	1914	Stark Music
Take Me Out to the Lake Side	1914	Ball Music
Climax Rag	1914	Stark Music
Honey Moon Rag	1916	Stark Music
Prosperity Rag	1916	Stark Music
Efficiency Rag	1917	Stark Music
Paramount Rag	1917	Stark Music
Rag Sentimental	1918	Stark Music	Same cover as Troubador Rag, below.
New Era Rag	1919	Stark Music	See "The Shimmie Shake" below.
Peace and Plenty Rag	1919	Stark Music
Troubadour Rag	1919	Stark Music	Same cover as Rag Sentimental, above.
Modesty Rag	1920	Stark Music	Note: Here's another sheet bearing the same cover design: Sapho Rag by J. Russell Robinson.
Pegasus Rag	1920	Stark Music	Super-interesting news! Here's a sheet that sold on eBay recently from 1908 - clearly an earlier use of this cover. Same title, but by Robert B. Sterling.
The Shimmie Shake	1920	Stark Music	Same cover as New Era Rag from 1919.
Don't Jazz Me - Rag I'm Music	1921	Stark Music	Here's another Stark publication using the same cover. It's "Twilight" by E.J. Stark. I don't have a date on this one, so I'm not sure if it's an earlier use than the Don't Jazz Me sheet.
Victory Rag	1921	Stark Music	Hmmm, I'm beginning to wonder if all of these late Scott rags used recycled covers from the Stark inventory. Here's another example. The picture below is "The Winged Victory" March & Two-Step by E.J. Stark, copyright 1902.
Broadway Rag	1922	Stark Music	Here's a pic of what I believe may be the first Stark use of this cover. It's Dreamland Waltz by Manuel Cortez, publ. 1912.
March Sumner	1929	Ophelia Watts Jackson, Kansas City, Mo.	note: by Ophelia Watts Jackson, arranged by James Scott.