Calvin Woolsey (December 26, 1883 – November 12, 1946) was an American

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and

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Biography

Woolsey was the middle of three children born to Napoleon and Gertrude Woolsey. Woolsey was a descendant of George (Joris) Woolsey, one of the earliest settlers of

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, and Thomas Cornell (settler).Cornell, Thomas Clap
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A.V. Haight, 1890 Retrieved November 10, 2013 Woolsey was raised in Tinney Grove, Missouri, just south of the city of Braymer. He earned a medical degree from the

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and did his post-graduate work at

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

. He joined the

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during

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and attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant. He composed

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in the

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style that was popular around 1900. He sold two of these to

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and self-published several others. He also published a waltz and a march. He died at home, in 1946, of a coronary thrombosis.

Compositions

* "Funny Bones" (rag, 1909) * "Dissatisfied" (1910) * "Poison Rag" (1910) * "Medic Rag" (1910) * "Peroxide Rag" (1910) * "Mashed Potatoes" (rag, 1911) * "Bill Johnson" (1912) * "Purple and White" (march, 1913) * "Lover's Lane Glide" (rag, 1914) * "Hearts Across The Sea" (waltz, 1918)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Woolsey, Calvin Lee 1883 births 1946 deaths American male composers American composers People from Ray County, Missouri Ragtime composers American pianists Harvard Medical School alumni University of Missouri alumni United States Army Medical Corps officers United States Army personnel of World War I Cornell family Woolsey family American male pianists 20th-century American male musicians

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