The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

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Ragtime Piano Originals


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Jazz
Catalogue NumberRF 23
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Folkways Records
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number000864
Number of Tracks16
Date Recorded1974
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Blaze Away
Composer(s) : Mike Bernard
2 - It's A Peach
Composer(s) : Malvin M. Franklin
3 - Nigger's Hop
Composer(s) : Joseph Batten
4 - Tantalizing Tingles
Composer(s) : Mike Bernard
5 - Modulation
Composer(s) : Clarence Jones
6 - Unknown Rag
Composer(s) : N/A
7 - Butter Scotch
Composer(s) : Willy White
8 - Upright And Grand
Composer(s) : Frank Banta
9 - The Boston Trot
Composer(s) : Sid Reinherz
10 - Peanut Cackle
Composer(s) : Frank Herbin
11 - Whippin' The Keys
Composer(s) : Sam Goold
12 - That Futuristic Rag
Composer(s) : Rube Bloom
13 - Crooked Notes
Composer(s) : Jean Paques
14 - Fire Crackers
Composer(s) : Donald Thorne
15 - Piano Puzzle
Composer(s) : Arthur Schutt