Instrumental Duet Guitar,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.531743 Composed by C. Johnson. Arranged by Klas Krantz. 20th Century,Concert,Ragtime. Score and parts. 6 pages. Amadeus Music #12639. Published by Amadeus Music (A0.531743). Charles L. Johnson (1875 - 1937) was born in Kansas City, Kansas and stayed in the Kansas City area his entire life. Dill Pickles Rag was so-named when Johnson was working at Carl Hoffman Music Company. Apparently, while composing the piece, the company's bookkeeper asked Johnson what the piece was called; the bookkeeper was carrying a carton of pickles for his dinner, which prompted to Johnson to say I'll call it Dill Pickles Rag.