| Calvin Woolsey | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Calvin Lee Woolsey |
| Born | December 26, 1883 Tinney's Point, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 1946 Braymer, Missouri, U.S. |
| Genres | Ragtime |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, composer and pianist |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1909 – 1918 |
Calvin Woolsey (December 26, 1883 – November 12, 1946) was an American composer, pianist, and physician.
Biography
Woolsey was the middle of three children born to Napoleon and Gertrude Woolsey. Woolsey was a descendant of George (Joris) Woolsey, one of the earliest settlers of New Amsterdam, and Thomas Cornell.
Woolsey was raised in Tinney Grove, Missouri, just south of the city of Braymer. He earned a medical degree from the University of Missouri and did his post-graduate work at Harvard Medical School. He joined the Army Medical Corps during World War I and attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
He composed rags in the folk ragtime style that was popular around 1900. He sold two of these to Jerome H. Remick and self-published several others. He also published a waltz and a march.
He died at home, in 1946, of a coronary thrombosis.
Compositions
- "Funny Bones" (rag, 1909)
- "Dissatisfied" (1910)
- "Poison Rag" (1910)
- "Medic Rag" (1910)
- "Peroxide Rag" (1910)
- "Mashed Potatoes" (rag, 1911)
- "Bill Johnson" (1912)
- "Purple and White" (march, 1913)
- "Lover's Lane Glide" (rag, 1914)
- "Hearts Across The Sea" (waltz, 1918)
See also
References
- ^ Edwards, Bill. "Calvin Lee Woolsey". Retrieved September 18, 2012.
- ^ Jasen, David A.; Trebor Jay Tichenor (1978). Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc. pp. 61–64. ISBN 0-486-25922-6.
- Cornell, Thomas Clapp Adam and Anne Mott: their ancestors and their descendants. A.V. Haight, 1890 Retrieved November 10, 2013
External links
Categories:- 1883 births
- 1946 deaths
- American male composers
- American composers
- People from Ray County, Missouri
- Ragtime composers
- American pianists
- University of Missouri alumni
- United States Army Medical Corps officers
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- Cornell family
- Woolsey family
- American male pianists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- Harvard Medical School people