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  2. Scott Joplin - Wikipedia

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    Joplin was the second of six children [6] born to Giles Joplin, a former slave from North Carolina, and Florence Givens, a freeborn African-American woman from Kentucky. [7] [8] [9] His birth date was accepted by early biographers Rudi Blesh and James Haskins as November 24, 1868, [10] [11] although later biographer Edward A. Berlin showed this was most likely incorrect.

  3. List of compositions by Scott Joplin - Wikipedia

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    Scott Joplin was born in Arkansas in around 1867, just outside Texarkana, and was a street performer before settling in Sedalia, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, and finally New York City where he died in 1917.

  4. Scott Joplin House State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The Scott Joplin House State Historic Site is located at 2658 Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It preserves the Scott Joplin Residence , the home of composer Scott Joplin from 1901 to 1903. The house and its surroundings are maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources as a state historic site .

  5. Bridges: East Texan Scott Joplin had undeniable impact on ...

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    Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. ... his impact on early American music is undeniable.Joplin was born just after the ...

  6. Bridges: Janis Joplin's life took her from Port Arthur to ...

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    She was born in January 1943 in Port Arthur. She was the eldest of three children born to Scott Joplin, a Texaco engineer, and his wife, Dorothy, a registrar at a local college.

  7. List of American composers - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Jones (born 1935) Scott Joplin (1868–1917) Bradley Joseph (born 1965) K. Camara Kambon (born 1973) Michael Kamen (1948–2003) Erin Kamler (born 1975)

  8. List of composers of African descent - Wikipedia

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    Trevor Jones, South Africa and United Kingdom (born 1949), film composer; Scott Joplin, US (1868–1917) Quincy Jones, US (1933–2024) Joe Jordan, US (1882–1971) K

  9. Music of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Ragtime composer Scott Joplin was born in 1868 near Texarkana, and later became famous playing music halls in Missouri. [6] Gene Austin was born in Gainesville in 1900. Austin popularized the song "My Blue Heaven", which sold more than 10 million copies.