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The following is a complete list of musical compositions by Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917). 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.
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.
List of compositions by Scott Joplin; S. Solace (Joplin) This page was last edited on 10 December 2021, at 21:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
In 1903, Stark issued a "Maple Leaf Rag Song", an arrangement of Joplin's music with words by Sydney Brown. [11] Brown's lyrics tell the story of a poor man from Accomack County, Virginia, who stumbles into a ballroom where, in spite of his anxiety over the state of his appearance, he manages to wow the crowd with the Maple Leaf Rag.
"The Entertainer" is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin. [1] It was sold first as sheet music by John Stark & Son of St. Louis, Missouri, [2] and in the 1910s as piano rolls that would play on player pianos. [1] The first recording was by blues and ragtime musicians the Blue Boys in 1928, played on mandolin and guitar. [1]
Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain, his impact on early American ...
Piano Rags by Scott Joplin is an album by Joshua Rifkin consisting of ragtime compositions by Scott Joplin, released by Nonesuch Records in 1970.The spine of the original album and various compact disc reissues render the title as Scott Joplin: Piano Rags.
'Maybe I won't last as long as other singers,' Janis Joplin once said in an interview. 'But I think you can destroy your now worrying about tomorrow.' Column: Janis Joplin died 50 years ago.