Silence and Fun by Charles E, Mullen (1904)

Nice rag from Chicago. Charles E. Mullen Jr. was born in Chicago in 1876 to a Canadian father and Irish mother. He established himself as a musician and also did some composing. Known output was this and another rag, "The Levee Rag" from 1902, plus at least four songs. Mullen died in Chicago in 1917 at the age of 41. "Silence and Fun" was published by Will Rossiter in Chicago in 1904. (Bio info thanks to Musescore researcher Erlingi.) Original score source was from the Charles Templeton Sheet Music Collection at Mississippi State University at this link: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/... This is a reproduction of the original score. "The Levee Rag" by Charles E. Mullen from 1902: https://musescore.com/user/49444745/s... Original Musescore upload with free downloadable sheet music: https://musescore.com/user/36482158/s... #ragtime #ragtimepiano