Sweet Pickles by Theron C. Bennett (1907)

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Original listing and sheet music here: https://musescore.com/user/36482158/scores/24743533?from=youtube_share A fine rag written by Theron C. Bennett (also released under the pseudonym George E. Florence), one of several he wrote including the popular "St. Louis Tickle". Bennett was born in 1879 and grew up in Missouri. At the time of this rag he was working for publisher Victor Kremer in Chicago as composer and arranger. He would soon start his own publishing business and became established in Denver and Omaha, eventually moving to Los Angeles. He was also a musician and orchestra leader. He died in California in 1937. This rag was published by Victor Kremer in Chicago in 1907.

Original score source was from the Charles Templeton Sheet Music Collection at Mississippi State University at this link: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/2657/ This is a reproduction of the original score. Changed measures 45 & 46 so the notes all fit in the measure.

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Public domain, as the Wikimedia Commons states it.

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Public domain

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T.C. Bennett

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