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A fun ragtime number from 1907, Dixie Blossoms, played by Thomas Mills.

Dixie Blossoms

Company	Columbia Phonograph Company
Cylinder #	33134
Category	Xylophone solo
Title	Dixie Blossoms (March and two-step)
Performed by	Thomas Mills
Circa	June 1907
Announcement	None

Enjoy this snappy, up-tempo ragtime number played by xylophonist Thomas Mills and the Columbia Orchestra.

This piece was an early hit by the well-known composer of popular ragtime and other music, Percy Wenrich (1880-1952). His later hits included "Rainbow" (1908), "The Red Rose Rag" (1911), and "When You Wore A Tulip and I Wore A Big Red Rose" (1914).

To hear Dixie Blossoms —

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To learn more, see a mini-biography of Percy Wenrich, courtesy of Wikipedia.

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