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Tom Turpin
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American ragtime composer and saloon-keeper (1871-1922)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tom Turpin is referenced by 34 other articles, and connects out to African Americans, International Standard Book Number and St. Louis.
It sits within the topics 1871 births, 1922 deaths and 20th-century African-American people.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Our ancestors in Pulaski County, Missouri
- Custom Rifles Mastery Of Wood Metal David Miller Co
- Abstracts of original concessions at New Madrid and Little Prairie
- Cole County, Missouri marriages, 1821-1850
- Cole County Missouri marriages, 1850-1900
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1986-05
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,529
- Total plays
- 3,519
Tags
Thomas Million John Turpin (November 18, 1871 – August 13, 1922) was an African-American composer of ragtime music. Tom Turpin was born in Savannah, Georgia, a son of John L. Turpin and Lulu Waters Turpin. In his early twenties he opened a saloon in St. Louis, Missouri which became a meeting-place for local pianists and an incubation point for early folk ragtime, such as musician Joe Jordan. Turpin himself is credited with the first published rag by an African-American <a href="https://www.last
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Savannah
- Place of death
- St. Louis
- Occupation
- pianist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- TomTurpin.png
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- ethnic group
- African Americans
- date of birth
- 1871-11-18
- date of death
- 1922-08-13
- Commons category
- Tom Turpin
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Tom Turpin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana