Trebor tichenor biography

Trebor Jay Tichenor (January 28, 1940–February 22, 2014) was a recognized authority on Scott Joplin and the ragtime era.^[1][2] He collected and published others' ragtime piano compositions and composed his own.

He authored books about ragtime, and both on his own and as a member of The St. Louis Ragtimers, became a widely known ragtime pianist.

Trebor tichenor biography

Biography

Trebor Jay Tichenor was born in St. Louis, to Robert and Letitia Tichenor. His first name was formed by reversing the letters in his father's first name.^[3] He studied piano from the age of five and was influenced by hearing the ragtime piano playing of his mother in her band, Lettie's Collegiate Syncopators.^[4]

During the early 1950s, Lou Busch adopted the personality of Joe "Fingers" Carr, and made a series of ragtime recordings.

These recordings mightily influenced Trebor's interests in the direction of ragtime.^[5] According to the noted sources^[