Years active 1899–1908, 1946–52 Role Composer | Instruments Piano Name Brun Campbell | |
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Birth name Sanford Brunson Campbell Occupation(s) Composer, musician, pianist Died November 23, 1952, Venice, California, United States Similar People Trebor Jay Tichenor, David Thomas Roberts, Arthur Marshall, Scott Hayden, Tom Turpin | ||
Brun campbell plays ragtime
Brun Campbell (March 26, 1884 – November 23, 1952) was an American composer and pianist.
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- Brun campbell plays ragtime
- Brun campbell express piano solo
- Biography
- Compositions
- In fiction
- Songs
- References
Brun campbell express piano solo
Biography
Born Sanford Brunson Campbell in Oberlin, Kansas, he ran away to Oklahoma City when he was fifteen and met Scott Joplin. For the next decade, he made his living as a traveling pianist in the Midwestern and Southern United States. In 1908, he married and settled down to become a barber.
Toward the end of his life, he wrote about ragtime and made recordings. He died in Venice, California. He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Compositions
None of Campbell's compositions were copyrighted or published during his lifetime. However, they became known from recordings he made in the 1940s and early 1950s.
In 1993, Richard Egan, Jr. published Brun Campbell: The Music of "The Ragtime Kid", a collection of transcriptions of Campbell pieces.
In 2000, David Thomas Roberts recorded an album of Campbell's music, which was released on CD by Pianomania Music Publishing of Roseville, California.
In fiction
Brun Campbell is the subject of three novels by Larry Karp: The Ragtime Kid, The King of Ragtime, and The Ragtime Fool.
Songs
Blue Rag
Essay In Ragtime
Barber Shop Rag
Salome's Slow Drag
Short Rag
Brun's Slow Drag
Lulu White
Maple Leaf Rag
Fragment
Slow And Easy
Reminiscences