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Axel
Christensen: The Czar of Ragtime and his Ragtime
Review
Chapter 2: Ragtime Review
(1914-1918)
By Ted Tjaden
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The Ragtime Review played
a major role in promoting the popularity of ragtime
music and the instruction of ragtime piano (the entire
run of the magazine is set out below
on this page, in full-text). Axel Christensen was the
founder and editor of the Ragtime Review. Each
monthly edition contained several short articles on
ragtime music, short news and humor stories and sheet
music, typically including one instrumental rag and
one ragtime song in each volume. The magazine also
included numerous advertisements for sheet music and
Christensen's ragtime instructions manuals and schools
of ragtime. Jasen and Jones in That American Rag (2000:128)
describe the Ragtime Review as a "hodgepodge"
of "ragtime chatter."
There is no
evidence in Volume 4, No 2 (February 1918) – what appears to be the final volume
– that this was to be the last volume
published. In fact, the final volume contains the
exhortation for readers to subscribe to the Ragtime
Review and includes "Part 1" of a short story
(implying there would be a "Part 2" in a future
issue). However, it appears that Christensen may have
realized that the era of classic ragtime piano music
was in decline by 1918 in favour of emerging jazz
piano. In addition, it may be that Walter Jacob's
monthly music magazine – That Tuneful Yankee – which started publication the year
before in 1917 and which was renamed Melody in
1918, was cutting into the sale of Christensen's Ragtime
Review. What is known for sure, however, is that
the cover of the March 1918 edition of Melody (see
the cover below) announces with a "hasty" note that
Walter Jacobs had taken over the Ragtime Review
and promised to extend to subscribers of the
Ragtime Review the same number of issues of Melody
(and for those who subscribed to both magazines a
further extension to their Melody
subscription).
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Left: Front
cover of March 1918 edition of Melody
magazine (Walter Jacobs) announcing the
"take over" by Jacobs of Christensen's Ragtime
Review.
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Left: Close of
of blurb on the front cover, above, of
March 1918 edition of Melody
magazine (Walter Jacobs) announcing the
"take over" by Jacobs of Christensen's Ragtime
Review.
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Set out below on this page is the
full-text of the entire run of the Ragtime Review,
divided by volume number:
Note on quality of PDF images
below: Unfortunately, the quality of the PDF
images below is not good (the source material was on
microfiche). I was close to abandoning the effort to
digitize this material to see if I could obtain a
better source for these images, but I decided to
proceed since most of the text and the musical scores
in the pages below are legible (most of the photos are
not, alas). Some access is better than no access. In
many cases, I cleaned up the images to remove
distortions and other imperfections that affected
legibility. Fortunately, the first volume below (Vol
1, No 1) is available online from the Library of
Congress. If anyone is willing to temporarily loan me
print copies of the Ragtime Review so that I
could digitally scan them and upload and replace the
images below, please let me know. If you are
interested in any of the musical scores found in the Ragtime
Review by Axel Christensen, Robert
Marine, Bernard Brin, Edward J.
Mellinger or Marcella Henry, please view or
download the sheet music found in Chapter 3
since I spent a fair bit of time cleaning up the sheet
music found in Chapter
3 (whereas some of the sheet music below in this
Chapter is not as legible).
Thanks to Rob Crausaz for
providing old scans of the original covers for
December 1914, and May and August 1915.
Ragtime
Review, Volume 1 (December 1914 - September
1915, 9 issues) [top]
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 1, No 1: December 1914) [top]
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entire issue (Library of Congress)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "The Popularity of Ragtime"
(page 1)
- Ragtime song: In Love's Paradise
(music by Edw J Mellinger and words by
Noah G Henley) (pages 7-9) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Ragtime instrumental: Minnesota
Rag (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 10-12) (sheet music available in Chapter 3)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 1) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 13-18)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 1, No 2: January
1915) [top]
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issue (PDF, 24 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "How to Play a Vaudeville Show"
(pages 3-4)
- Ragtime instrumental: Old Black
Joe in Ragtime (Simplified Version)
(by Axel Christensen) (page 7) (sheet
music available in Chapter 3)
- Ragtime song: He's My Ragtime
Dancing Man (words and music
by EW Coulson) (pages 9-11)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 2) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 12-14)
- Various short news stories and humorous
articles
- List of Sheet Music for Sale, "Latest
and Best Popular Music" (page 20)
- Various ads,
including full page ad by Stark Music Co
("Rags That Never Die") (page 23)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 1, No 3: March 1915) [top]
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issue (PDF, 32 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Ragtime on the Coast: Its
Title Discussed" (by WT Gleeson) (pages
5-6)
- Article: "Ragtime the American National
Music" (by Bessie Hanson) (page 8)
- Ragtime instrumental: Wesbter
Grove Rag (by Axel
Christensen) (pages 9-11) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Editorial: "A Plea for Ragtime" (by Axel
Christensen) (page 12)
- Ragtime Song: In My Mercer Racing
Car (by Axel Christensen and
John Meck) (sheet music available in Chapter 3)
- Miscellaneous short articles (e.g.,
"Notes for Picture Pianists" on page 18)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 3) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 20-26)
- Interesting quote: "There will
come a time when we will be able to sit at
the fireside and listen to music over the
telephone. It is claimed that a phonetic
apparatus has been perfected that will
enable us to do so" (page 12).
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 1, No 4: April
1915) [top]
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issue (PDF, 28 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Ragtime Recital in Seattle"
(pages 1-2), plus various short "news"
items
- Letter to the Editor from John Stark
complaining about people who complain
about ragtime (page 3)
- Ragtime instrumental: Marching
Thro' Georgia (by Axel
Christensen) (sheet music available in Chapter 3)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Agitation
Rag (by Robert Hampton) (pages
8-11)
- Editorial: "Harmless Sexuality of
Syncopated Music" (pages 12, 28)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 4) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 14-20)
Funny quote: "A
new parody on the well known song "It's a
Long Way to Tipperary" has appeared. The
title of it is "It's the Wrong Way to Tickle
Mary."
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 1, No 5: May
1915) [top]
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issue (PDF, 32 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Notes on New Popular Music"
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 3-5)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 5) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 5-9)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Tango Tea:
Dance (by Ed Hallway) (pages
10-13)
- Miscellaneous news and short articles
(pages 14-20)
- Ragtime Song: I
Would Go To Sleep, And Dream Forever
(If I Knew That I Would Dream Of You)
(by Herbert Collier) (pages 22, 24, 26)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 1, No 6: June
1915) [top]
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issue (PDF, 32 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Can Ragtime Be Suppressed?"
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 3-4)
- Article: "Notes on New Popular Music"
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 4-6)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Parade of
the Goblins (March & Two Step
Intermezzo) (by Charles Brown)
(pages 8-11)
- Miscellaneous news and short articles
(pages 12-15)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 6) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 16-18)
- Music Exercise: Left-Handed
William (pages 18-19)
- Column: Teachers' and
Pupils' Corner (letters testifying to
results achieved under the Christensen
"system" (pages 20-26)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 1, No 7: July
1915) [top]
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issue (PDF, 32 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Notes on New Popular Music"
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 3-5)
- Article: "Touch and Tone for Ragtime"
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 5-6)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Valse
Eternal (by Charles Brown)
(pages 8-11)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 7) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 18-22)
- Miscellaneous news
and short articles
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 1, No 8: August 1915) [top]
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issue (PDF, 32 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Notes on New Popular Music"
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 6-8)
- Article: "Advertising Ragtime" (by
Bernard Brin) (page 9)
- Miscellaneous short articles, including
one describing copyright infringement of
one of Christensen's instruction books
(pages 14-15)
- Ragtime song: Jitney Bus Rag
(by Bernard Brin) (pages 16-19) (sheet
music available in Chapter 3)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 8) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 20-21)
- Article: "The Teaching of Ragtime Versus
Classical" (by Axel Christensen) (pages
21-22)
- Column: Teachers' and
Pupils' Corner (letters testifying to
results achieved under the Christensen
"system") (pages 25-28)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 1, No 9: September
1915) [top]
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issue (PDF, 32 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Notes on New Popular Music"
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 5-10)
- Ragtime Song: I Want My Dreams Of
Yesterday (music by Charles
Brown and words by Bessie Buchanan) (pages
11-13)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 9) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 18-20)
- Miscellaneous short articles and ads
(pages 21-25)
- Column: Teachers' and
Pupils' Corner (pages 26-28)
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Ragtime Review,
Volume 2 (November 1915 - December 1916) [top]
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 2, No 1: November
1915) [top]
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issue (PDF, 24 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Notes on New Popular Music"
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 3-8)
- Ragtime Song: In The Summer Time
(Take A Trip To The Seashore)
(words and melody by RD Klock, arranged by
EH See) (pages 13-16)
- Article: "A Course in Vaudeville Piano
Playing" (Part 11) (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 17-19)
- Column: Teachers' and
Pupils' Corner (pages 19-22)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 2, No 2: December-January
1915-1916) [top]
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issue (PDF, 24 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "The Vaudeville Agent" (by
Frank Doyle) (page 3)
- Miscellaneous Articles (pages 3-8)
- Ragtime Song: At The County Fair
(by Herb Hayworth and Allen Spurr) (pages
9-12)
- Ragtime Song: Ragtime Rings The
Bell (words and music by Axel
Christensen) (pages 13-15) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Sample of Cauldron Rag
(by Axel Christensen), single page of
first page of music (page 16)
- Note: parts of pages 17 and 18 were "cut
out" from the source
- Miscellaneous short
articles (pages 17-22)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 2, No 3: February
1916) [top]
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issue (PD, 24 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "New and Popular Music" (page
3)
- Article: "How To Become A Ragtime
Teacher" (by Jacob Schwartz) (pages 3-4)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 4-8)
- Ragtime Song: Her Ragtime Romeo
(music by Billy Rogers and words by Ireve
Collins, Jr and Joe Griffin) (pages 9-12)
- Ragtime Song: Good-Bye Little
Country Girl (music by Frank
Butler and words by Lou Cohan) (pages
13-16)
- Article: "A Course in
Vaudeville Piano Playing" (Part 12) (by
Axel Christensen) (pages 18-20)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 2, No 4: March
1916) [top]
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issue (PDF, 24 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "New and Popular Music" (pages
3-4)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 4-8)
- Ragtime Song: Rosalie (by
Will Carroll) (pages 9-11)
- Article: "A Course in
Vaudeville Piano Playing" (Part 13) (by
Axel Christensen) (pages 18-19)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 2, No 5: April 1916) [top]
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issue (PDF, 20 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Seen Through the Publisher's
Window" (review of new songs) (pages 1-2).
Note: Page 1 is almost illegible.
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 2-4)
- Note: Pages 5 to 8 were missing from the
source material
- Ragtime Song: My Little Irish
Girl (music by H Berry and
words by Connett and Gregg) (pages 9-11)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Marine Fox
Trot (by Robert Marine) (pages
12-14) (sheet music available in Chapter 3)
- One page samples for
each of Star and Garter Ragtime
Waltz (by Axel Christensen)
and The Cauldron Rag (by
Axel Christensen) (pages 15-16)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 2, No 6: May 1916) [top]
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issue (PDF, 16 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: The Orchestral Organ At Covent
Garden" (page 1)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 1-4)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Glittering
Stars: Ragtime Waltz (by
Marcella Henry) (pages 5-8) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Ragtime Instrumental: That Easy
Rag (by Edward Mellinger)
(pages 9-11) (sheet music available in Chapter
3)
- Miscellaneous short
articles (pages 13-15)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 2, No 7: July
1916) [top]
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issue (PDF, 16 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Seen Through The Publisher's
Window" (pages 1-2)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 1-4)
- Ragtime Song: I Can't Forget You,
Mary (music by Merlin Dappert
and words by JR Shannon) (pages 5-8)
- Ragtime Song: Goodbye My Dear Old
GOP (music by LA Clark and
words by J "Happy" Reed) (pages 9-11)
- Miscellaneous short
articles (pages 13-14)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 2, No 8: August
1916) [top]
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issue (PDF, 18 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Article: "Ragtime Our Standard Music"
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 1-2)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 2-6,
11-16)
- Ragtime Instrumental:
Pianophiend (A Musical Eccentricty)
(by Reuben Hasken) (pages 7-10)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 2, No 9: October
1916) [top]
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issue (PDF, 22 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: Betty Weston's
Triumph (by Peter Frank Meyer)
(pages 1-2)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 2-6)
- Article: "Review of New Music" (pages 6)
- Ragtime Song: I'm Sure I Wasn't
Raised To Be A Soldier (But I'll Fight
For Dear Old Red White And Blue)
(words and music by Charles Campbell)
(pages 7-9)
- Movie Music: Hurry (Pursuit and
Capture) (page 10)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages
11-17)
- Article: "Notes From
The Studios" (pages 18-20)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 2, No 10: November 1916) [top]
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issue (PDF, 26 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: Why Bonehead
Billings Couldn't Pitch (A Comical
Story of a Baseball Twirler and his
Susceptibility to Ragtime) (by
Peter Frank Meyer) (pages 3-5)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 5-9)
- Column: "Among the Theatres" (page 10)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Press Club
Rag (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 11-14) (sheet music available in Chapter
3)
- Ragtime Song: Rube From A High
Grass Town (words and music by
Cal Stewart (page 15)
- Ragtime Song: The Song She Sang
To Me (words by Cal Stewart,
arranged by Chalmers Rego) (pages 16-17)
- Ragtime Song: I Laughed At The
Wrong Time (words and music by
Cal Stewart) (page 18)
- Column: "Movie Monologues" (by Treve
Collins, Jr) (page 21)
- Column: "Notes From
The Studios" (pages 24, 26)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 2, No 11: December 1916) [top]
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issue (PDF, 28 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: Kid McCann's
Waterloo (How Ragtime Affected a
Prizefighter's Career) (by
Peter Frank Meyer) (pages 3-5, 26)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 5-7)
- Column: "Review of the New Music: As
Seen Through the Publisher's Window"
(pages 8-10)
- Column: "Among the Theatres" (page 10)
- Ragtime Song: You (words
and music by Grace Tilden Burrows) (pages
11-13)
- Ragtime Instrumental: The Oliver
Twist (by Otto Fessler) (pages
14-15)
- Ragtime Instrumental: That
Potatoe Bug Rag (by Axel
Christensen) (pages 16-17) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Movie music: Moonlight Scenes
(page 18)
- Article: "Neutrality and Other Things"
(by Courtland Christiani) (page 19)
- Column: "Movie Monologues" (by Treve
Collins, Jr) (pages 21-22)
- Column: Notes From
The Studios" (pages 24, 26)
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Ragtime
Review, Volume 3
(January 1917 - December 1917) [top]
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 1: January 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 28 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: The Taming Of Bad
Buck Wendell, Part 1 (by Peter
Frank Meyer) (pages 3-4, 6-7, 26)
- One page "portrait" of Axel Christensen
wishing "A Happy New Year to Readers of
the Ragtime Review" (page 5)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (pages
8-9)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Irmena Rag
(by Axel Christensen) (pages 11-14) (sheet
music is available in Chapter 3)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Progressive
Rag (Dance Comique) (by Tobe
Brown) (pages 15-17) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Movie music: "Pantaloon" Danse
Grotesque (for Comic Scenes)
(page 18)
- Column: "Hotel and Club Entertainment"
(by Ernest Briggs) (pages 20-23)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (page 24)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 2: February 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 28 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: The Taming Of Bad
Buck Wendell, Part 2 (by Peter
Frank Meyer) (pages 3-6)
- Article: "Ragtime in AD 2017" (by
Courtland Christiani) (pages 7, 25)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (by FG
Corbitt) (pages 8-9)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Star and
Garter: Ragtime Waltz (by Axel
Christensen) (pages 11-14) (sheet music
available in
Chapter 3)
- Ragtime Instrumental: The
Cauldron Rag (by Axel
Christensen) (pages 15-18) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Column: "Among the Theatres" (page
19-21)
- Column: "Musical Musings" (by Treve
Collins, Jr) (pages 21-23)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (pages 24-26)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 3: March 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 28 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: That Harmony
Quartette (The Trials, Tribulations
and Adventures of Four Musical
"Mokes"), Part 1 (by Peter
Frank Meyer) (pages 3-4, 10)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 5-9)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (by FG
Corbitt) (pages 8-9)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Pathetic
Rag (by Axel Christensen)
(pages 15-18) (sheet music available in Chapter 3)
- Column: "Among the Theatres" (page 19)
- Column: "Hotel and Club Entertainment"
(by Ernest Briggs) (pages 20-21)
- Article: "Answering the Critics" (by WT
Gleason) (pages 22-23)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (pages 24-25)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 4: April 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 28 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: That Harmony
Quartette (The Trials, Tribulations
and Adventures of Four Musical
"Mokes"), Part 2 (by Peter
Frank Meyer) (pages 3-6)
- Article: "Life in a Ragtime Studio" (by
Young Rocky) (pages 6-7)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (by FG
Corbitt) (pages 8-9)
- Article: "An Experience" (by Marcella
Henry" (page 9)
- Article: "Proper Photo-Playing" (by ME
Gregory) (page 10)
- Ragtime Song: Nothing to do But
Love You (words by Bessie
Moore and music by Paul Nixon) (pages
11-13)
- Ragtime Instrumental: The
Tantalizer Rag (by Frank
Butler) (pages 14-17) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Column: "Among the Theatres" (pages
19-20)
- Article: "Some Sidelights" [humorous
stories] (by Dap) (pages 22-23)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (pages 24-25)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 5: May 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 28 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: That Harmony
Quartette (The Trials, Tribulations
and Adventures of Four Musical
"Mokes"), Part 3 (by Peter
Frank Meyer) (pages 3-6)
- Short story: Adventures of an Old
Cello (by Professor Hans
Mettke) (pages 6-7)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (by FG
Corbitt) (pages 8-9)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages
9-10)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Sweet Baby
Blues (by Ralph Williams)
(pages 11-13)
- Ragtime Song: Little Honey
(by Zella Estelle Leighton) (pages 14-15)
- Movie music: Coronation March
(Also for Court Scenes, Pageants, Etc)
(by JS Meck) (pages 16-17)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Star
Spangled Banner (page 18)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages
19-23)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (pages 24-25)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 6: June 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 20 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: Bad Buck Wendell's
Return, Part 1 (by Peter Frank
Meyer) (pages 3-5, 14)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (by FG
Corbitt) (pages 6-7)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 7-8)
- Movie music: For Introductions,
Lively Scenes, Western Pictures, Etc (page
9)
- Ragtime Instrumental: National
Colors Rag (by Marcella Henry)
(pages 10-11) (sheet music available in Chapter 3)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Simple
Confession in Ragtime (by Axel
Christensen) (page 12)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages
13-17)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (page 18)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 7: July 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 20 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: Bad Buck Wendell's
Return, Part 2 (by Peter Frank
Meyer) (pages 3-5, 14)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (by FG
Corbitt) (pages 6-7)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 7-8)
- Movie music: Quarrel or Struggle
Scenes (page 9)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Kentucky
Rag (by Marcella Henry) (pages
10-11) (sheet music available in Chapter 3)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Mendelssohn's
Wedding March in Ragtime (by
Axel Christensen) (page 12) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages
13-17)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (page 18)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 8: August 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 20 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (by FG
Corbitt) (pages 1, 3)
- Short story: Bad Buck Wendell's
Return, Part 3 (by Peter Frank
Meyer) (pages 3-5, 13)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 6-8)
- Ragtime Song: Nothing to Do but
Love You (words by Bessie
Moore and music by Paul Nixon) (pages
9-11)
- Movie music: Turkish
(page 12)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages
13-17)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (pages 18-19)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 9: September 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 20 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: Wanted - A Model
(by Peter Frank Meyer) (pages 3-5, 13)
- Column: "Review of New Music" (page 6)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 6-8)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Reinette
Rag (by David Reichstein)
(pages 9-12) (sheet music available in Chapter 3)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages
13-19)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (pages 18-19)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 3, No 10: October 1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 20 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: That Harmony
Quartette (Some More of the Trials,
Tribulations and Adventures of Four
Musical "Mokes") (by Peter
Frank Meyer) (pages 3-5, 13)
- Column: "New Music Review" (pages 6-7)
- Short story: A Wee Widow Wanders
in Cabaret Land: The Adventure of the
Spinning Dime (by Jane
Lamoureux) (pages 8, 19)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Broadway
Rag (by Marcella Henry) (pages
9-10) (sheet music available in Chapter 3)
- Ragtime Song: Covent Garden:
Ragtime Waltz (by Marcella
Henry) (pages 11-12) (sheet music
available in Chapter 3)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages
13-17)
- Column: "Notes from
the Studios" (pages 18-19)
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Axel Christensen, Ragtime
Review (Vol 3, No 11: December
1917) [top]
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issue (PDF, 20 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Short story: The Kid (In Which A
Young Woman Of Fixed Intentions
Marries A Vaudeville Star With
Unexpected Results), Part 1
(by Peter Frank Meyer) (pages 3-5, 13)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (pages
6-7)
- Short story: A Wee Widow Wanders
in Cabaret Land: The Adventure of the
Frozen Girl (by Jane
Lamoureux) (pages 8, 14)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Curious
Cornelius: Ragtime March (by
Oscar Chilton) (pages 9-10)
- Ragtime Song: Uncle Sam is
Calling You (by William
Herbst) (pages 11-12)
- Miscellaneous short
articles (pages 13-19)
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Ragtime
Review, Volume 4 (January 1918) [top]
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 4, No 1: January 1918) [top]
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issue (PDF, 23 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
[Note: this issue appears to have
been missing page 2 (usually advertisements)
from the source material and is not included
here]
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 3 to
6, 7-8)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" (by
Jane Damoureaux) (pages 6-7)
- Short story: The Kid, Part 2
(by Peter Frank Meyer) (page 8, 17-20))
- Ragtime Instrumental: Over the
Top (by Maxwell Goldman) (page
9)
- Ragtime Song: I'll Take Your
Heart To Mexico (And Leave My Heart
Behind) (words by Arthur Lamb
and music by Charles Brown) (pages 10-11)
- Ragtime Instrumental: The Green
Mill Rag (by Marcella Henry)
(pages 12-13) (sheet music available in Chapter
3)
- Ragtime Song: When the Lips Say
"Yes" and the Heart Says "No"
(words by Arthur Lamb and music by Charles
Brown) (pages 14-15)
- Ragtime Instrumental: Waltz Rag
Arrangement of Chorus of When the Lips
Say "Yes" and the Heart Says "No"
(page 16)
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Axel
Christensen, Ragtime Review
(Vol 4, No 2: February 1918) [top]
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issue (PDF, 24 pages)
Highlights in this issue:
- Ad for Christensen School of Popular
Music (page 2)
- Article: "A Week in Vaudeville" by Axel
Christensen (pages 3 to 4)
- Miscellaneous short articles (pages 3 to
4, 8, 18-22)
- Short story: "Pussy Grey Mow's Revolt"
(Part I) by Peter Frank Meyer (pages 5,
17-18)
- Column: "Review of the New Music" by
Jane Lamoureaux (pages 6-7)
- Ragtime song: Mother's Old
Rocking Chair by Charles B.
Brown (page 9)
- Ragtime song: Ragtime Rings The
Bell (and simplified
arrangement of chorus) by Axel Christensen
(pages 10-11)
- Ragtime instrumental: Happy Sam:
One Step Or Two Step by Oscar
Chilton (pages 12-13)
- Ragtime instrumental: The Cactus
Rag by Lucian Porter Gibson
(pages 14-16)
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