Irene Cozad
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July 4, 1888
Irene Cozad | |
|---|---|
 Irene Cozad Sherer, from sheet music published in 1920. | |
| Born | Irene Bazelle Cozad July 4, 1888 Lineville, Iowa |
| Died | August 2, 1970 (aged 82) Kansas City, Missouri |
| Other names | Irene Cozad-Sherer, I. C. Sherer |
| Occupation | composer |
Irene Cozad (July 4, 1888 – August 2, 1970), later known as Irene Cozad-Sherer, was an American pianist, piano teacher, and composer of ragtime music.
Irene Bazelle Cozad was born in Lineville, Iowa, one of the nine children of Joseph Addison Cozad and Olive Jane Vanderbeck Cozad. Her father was a school teacher and worked at a newspaper.[1]
Career
Cozad played and taught piano in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] Compositions by Cozad included "Affinity Rag" (1910), "Eatin' Time Rag" (1913), "That Sunday Wedding Day" (1914, words by Gwen Meredith),[2] "The Minute Circle Whirl" (1916),[3] "Because", and "Kansas City Town" (1920).[4] The last, "Kansas City Town", was written for a contest marking the year that the city's population reached one million.[5] Her compositions are considered an example of the Kansas City Folk Rag genre.[6][7]
