Joseph Lamb
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American composer of ragtime music (1887–1960)
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Joseph Francis Lamb (December 6, 1887 – September 3, 1960) was a noted American composer of ragtime music. Lamb, of Irish descent, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two being Scott Joplin and James Scott. Lamb was born in Montclair, New Jersey. The youngest of four children, he taught himself to play the piano, and was very taken with the early ragtime publications of Scott Joplin. He dropped out of St. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Montclair
- Place of death
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- pianist
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Field of work
- ragtime
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Joseph Lamb (musician) ca. 1915.jpg
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- birth name
- Joseph Francis Lamb
- Commons category
- Joseph Lamb
- date of birth
- 1887-12-06
- date of death
- 1960-09-03
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Joseph Lamb
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