May Aufderheide (b. May 21, 1888, Indianapolis, Indiana – d. September 1, 1972, Pasadena, California), perhaps the most famous female composer of rags, known for her composition “Dusty Rag,” the first important rag to come out of the Indiana-Ohio region. Her father opened a the Aufderheide publishing house to market the sheet music of her rags to the buying public.
- Subgenre: Popular Ragtime
- Best known work(s): “Dusty Rag” (1908)
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