"Meadow Lark Rag" by Thomas Pitts (1916)

[Mezjuev]

Hi everyone,

I have a little request. I'm looking for the score of "Meadow Lark Rag" by Thomas Pitts (1916). I heard this rag performed by Dick Zimmerman in a TV program about ragtime a long time ago (I have it recorded on a VHS). If I recall it correctly Thomas Pitts was from Texas. Anyone knows anything more about him? Was "Meadow Lark Rag" ever published in any ragtime folio?

Best RAGards,

Oleg

[torsbyn]

"A Tribute to Scott Joplin and the Giants of Ragtime", researched by Dick Zimmermann, publ Charles Hansen,1975.
Mentions Pitts as "Californian" but not more.

[torsbyn]

Also, piano roll available from Douglas henderson
http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/rolls5.htm

[Mezjuev]

"A Tribute to Scott Joplin and the Giants of Ragtime", researched by Dick Zimmermann, publ Charles Hansen,1975.
Mentions Pitts as "Californian" but not more.

Thanks for the information, torsbyn! I just ordered a used copy of this book from Amazon.com.

Oleg