[Ads-l] Antedating of "Piano Rag"

[Shapiro, Fred]

piano rag (OED 1922)

1908 Providence Daily Journal 27 Oct. 10/3 (GenealogyBank)

In "The Volunteer Pianist," Foster and Foster are again seen, the piano "rag" and accompaniment of the instrumentalist being the best of the act.

Fred Shapiro

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