Gladys E. Yelvington (Parsons) was an American ragtime composer and friend of May Aufderheide and Julia Lee Niebergall. She was born in Elwood, Indiana, to Asa and Alice Yelvington.
"Piffle Rag"
Her only surviving published composition is "Piffle Rag", published by J.H. Aufderheide in 1911 and Mentel Bros in 1914. It has been recorded by pianists Max Morath, Virginia Eskin, and Nancy Fierro. Remy Charlip choreographed his "air mail dance" Garden Lilacs, set to "Piffle Rag". It was performed by Betsy Kagan in San Francisco in 1991. == References ==