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The King of Rag Time: Louis Chauvin →  November 21, 2009

Louis Chauvin (”Bird Face”) Born: March 13, 1881, in St. Louis, Missouri Died: March 26, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois Heliotrope Bouquet – Joshua Ri… Today, ragtime’s best-remembered musician is Scott Joplin, but at the time his friend Louis Chauvin was equally famous within the tightly knit rag scene. Chauvin was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and although he [...]