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George Botsford

George Botsford was created in South Dakota and raised in Iowa, and his first compositions were pre-ragtime niceties. “Katy Flier,” a cakewalk two-step, was released at Centerville in 1899. “Dance from the Drinking water Nymphs” was colorfully promoted in 1906 as Hawaiian feeling music. Many innocuous titles attemptedto evoke the …

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