Charles Hubbard Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Hubbard Thompson

American ragtime composer

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1891

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1964

Profession: composer, pianist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Charles Hubbard Thompson

  • Charles Hubbard Thompson (June 19, 1891 – June 13, 1964) was a ragtime pianist and composer. Born in St.
  • Louis, Missouri, he was given some piano lessons in his youth, though he later described himself as self-taught.
  • He left St.
  • Louis in 1911 to tour in Ohio and Indiana.
  • In 1912, he met James P.
  • Johnson in either Washington D.C or Coney Island.
  • Thompson also played in Buffalo, New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Toledo, Erie/Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City/New Jersey. He won the great ragtime contest of 1916 in the Booker T.
  • Washington Theatre of in St.
  • Louis, with his composition "The Lily Rag".
  • He defeated Tom Turpin, the owner of the theatre and the owner of the "Rosebud Club", where nearly all the great ragtimers of America met since 1900.

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