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Brun Campbell
American ragtime composer

Brun Campbell

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American ragtime composer
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas, U.S.A.
Place of death
Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Age
68 years
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Biography

Brun Campbell (March 26, 1884 – November 23, 1952) was an American composer and pianist.

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.

  • "Barber Shop Rag"
  • "Blue Rag"
  • "Campbell Cakewalk"
  • "Chestnut Street in the 90s"
  • "Essay in Ragtime"
  • "Ginger Snap Rag"
  • "Grandpa's Stomp"
  • "Rendezvous Rag"
  • "Tent Show Rag"
  • "Reminiscences"
  • "Slow and Easy"
  • "Salome Slow Drag"
  • "Brun's Slow Dog"
  • "Short Rag"
  • "Frankie and Johnny Rag"
  • "Grandpa's Stomp"
  • "Lulu White"
  • "Barrelhouse Rag"

    In fiction

    Brun Campbell is the subject of three novels by Larry Karp: The Ragtime Kid, The King of Ragtime, and The Ragtime Fool.

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