Fred S. Stone
{{Short description|African-Canadian ragtime music composer}}
Image:Ma Rag Time Baby, 1898 sheet music.jpg
Frederick St. Clair Stone (fr) (January 22, 1873 to January 14, 1912) was an African-Canadian ragtime music composer, born in Chatham, Kent County, Ontario.{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Bill |title=Frederick St. Clair Stone |url=http://ragpiano.com/comps/fstone.shtml |website=ragpiano.com |access-date=11 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014190359/http://ragpiano.com/comps/fstone.shtml |archive-date=2010-10-14}}{{cite web |title=Fred S. Stone – Ma Ragtime Baby(1893) |url=https://demokidblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/fred-s-stone-ma-ragtime-baby1893/ |website=Chatham Music Archive |access-date=11 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306064744/https://demokidblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/fred-s-stone-ma-ragtime-baby1893/ |archive-date=6 March 2016 |date=3 June 2009}}
Works
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- 1891 - The Detroit Wheelman's March
- 1894 - At Twilight (Des Aberds) Waltzes
- 1895 - The Indian: Two Step. Central Music Publishing, 1895.[http://www.ragtimepiano.ca/tjaden.htm Ted Tjaden]. [http://www.ragtimepiano.ca/rags/can2.htm#i Fred S Stone (1873 – 1912)] from Chapter 2: Early Canadian Ragtime Personalities and their Music in Ragtime Music in Canada at Classic Ragtime Piano
- 1896 - La Albaceté: Spanish Waltzes. Detroit, MI: Detroit Music Co, 1896.
- 1896 - Mackinac March: Two Step. Detroit, MI: Detroit Music Co, 1896.
- 1898 - The Cardinal March. New York, NY: Marquette Pub Co, 1898.
- 1898 - A Lady of Quality: Waltzes. Detroit, MI: Whitney Warner Pub Co, 1898.
- 1898 - Ma Rag Time Baby: Two-Step. Detroit, MI: Whitney Warner Pub Co, 1898.
- 1899 - The Bos'n Rag: Cake Walk. Detroit, MI: Whitney Warner Pub Co, 1899.
- 1899 - Ma Rag Time Baby - Song
- 1900 - Elseeta
- 1901 - Silk and Rags: Waltzes. Detroit, MI: Whitney Warner Pub Co, 1901.
- 1902 - Sue: March and Two-Step. Detroit, MI: Whitney Warner Pub Co, 1902.
- 1903 - Belle of the Philippines: March-Two Step. Detroit, MI: Whitney Warner Pub Co, 1903.
- 1903 - A Kangaroo Hop. Detroit, MI: Whitney Warner Pub Co, 1903.{{cite web |title=Music, Sheet - A Kangaroo Hop |url=https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/collection/archive/music-sheet-kangaroo-hop |website=Detroit Historical Society |access-date=11 June 2025 |language=en}}
- 1905 - Belinda: March Two Step. New York, NY: Jerome H Remick, 1905.
- 1906 - Melody at Twilight. New York, NY: Jerome Remick & Co, 1906.
- 1908 - Stone's Barn Dance. New York, NY: Jerome H Remick, 1908.
Sheet Music
- [https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/do/search/?q=author%253A%22Fred%20S.%20Stone%22 Fred S. Stone], 1899, [https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/2616/ "The Bos'n Rag"] Charles H. Templeton, Sr. sheet music collection. Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries
::*https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102350221
- Fred S. Stone, 1902, "Sue"
:* Fred S. Stone, 1902, [http://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/6651 "Sue"] Charles H. Templeton, Sr. sheet music collection. Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries
:* [https://core.ac.uk/download/480809132.pdf Fred S. Stone, 1902, "Sue"] Charles H. Templeton, Sr. sheet music collection. Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries via CORE (research service)
:* Fred S. Stone (1902) [https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/fa/IMSLP717620-PMLP1144245-SheetMusic_31260-2.pdf "Sue"] (Sheet Music) with ad for Whitney Warner Collection of Mandolin and Guitar Music by Samuel Siegel
:*[https://imslp.org/wiki/Sue_(Stone,_Fred_S.) Sue (Stone, Fred S.)] at International Music Score Library Project
References
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External links
- [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/345519 Fred Stone] - Discography of American Historical Recordings
- [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fred-stone-emc Fred Stone] - The Canadian Encyclopedia
- [https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c92c7e25-feb8-4a91-9428-fd0d1a409751 Fred Stone] - musicbrainz
- [https://ragtimedorianhenry.wordpress.com/fred-stone/ Fred S. Stone (1873-1912)] at Ragtime Dorian Henry
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Category:People from Chatham-Kent
Category:Musicians from Ontario
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