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    Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces...
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  • Scott Joplin is a 1977 biographical film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the life of African-American composer and pianist Scott Joplin. It stars...
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    popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb. Ragtime pieces (often called "rags") are typically...
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    following is a complete list of musical compositions by Scott Joplin (c. 1867 – April 1, 1917). Scott Joplin was born in Arkansas in around 1867, just outside...
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    "The Entertainer" is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin. It was sold first as sheet music by John Stark & Son of St. Louis, Missouri, and...
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  • 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...
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    Maple Leaf Rag (category Rags by Scott Joplin)
    early ragtime musical composition for piano composed by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works, becoming the model for ragtime compositions...
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    classical ragtime along with Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb. Scott was born in Neosho, Missouri, to James Scott Sr., and Molly Thomas Scott, both former slaves....
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  • Scott Joplin is a painting by Ellen Banks. It is in the collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts, in the United States...
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    app uses React Native. Joplin is named after the ragtime composer and pianist, Scott Joplin. Laurent Cozic started work on Joplin in 2016, and the first...
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    particularly the melody "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, which was adapted (along with other Joplin pieces) for the film by Marvin Hamlisch (and a...
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    Treemonisha (category Operas by Scott Joplin)
    opera by American ragtime composer Scott Joplin. It is sometimes referred to as a "ragtime opera", though Joplin did not refer to it as such and it encompasses...
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  • Joplin may refer to: Joplin, Missouri Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area Joplin, Montana Joplin, Texas Joplin, Virginia (now extinct) Joplin, West Virginia...
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  • Bouquet," by Scott Joplin and Louis Chauvin "The Chrysanthemum," "A Breeze from Alabama," "Cleopha," "The Entertainer," "Bethena," by Scott Joplin On the basis...
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    Scott Hayden (March 31, 1882 — September 16, 1915) was an American composer of ragtime music. Sunflower Slow Drag Scott Joplin and Scott Hayden penned...
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    "Solace" is a 1909 habanera written by Scott Joplin. Though Joplin labeled the piece "a Mexican Serenade", its origins are more probably Cuban, and it...
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    Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most successful and widely known rock performers...
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    roles in films including Cool Breeze (1972), Which Way Is Up? (1977), Scott Joplin (1977); which earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination, and The Fish...
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    loved this folk-musical form and brought a transforming touch to it. Scott Joplin (c. 1867/68–1917) was an African-American musician and composer of ragtime...
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    Scott Joplin, "The Great Crush Collision March" sheet music (Temple, TX: John R. Fuller, 1896). See Bill Edwards, Rags and Pieces by Scott Joplin. Archived...
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    popular titles such as Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Mahogany (1975), Scott Joplin (1977), and Nighthawks (1981), as Harvey Dent in Batman (1989) and The...
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    pioneered by Scott Joplin and the Missouri school of ragtime composers. These compositions were first considered "classic" by Joplin's publisher, John...
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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...
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    in critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Mahogany (1975), Scott Joplin (1977), and Nighthawks (1981), as Harvey Dent in Batman (1989) and The...
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  • three albums he recorded of Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records. Rifkin's Joplin albums (the first of which was Scott Joplin: Piano Rags in November...
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    Teddy's head. Poetry portal A Guest of Honor – the first opera created by Scott Joplin, the celebrated composer of ragtime music. The operatic production was...
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  • variant cinquillo appears extensively. The figure was later used by Scott Joplin and other ragtime composers. Comparing the music of New Orleans with...
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    June 2009). "The Ragtime Dance - SCOTT JOPLIN (1906)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-12 – via YouTube. Joplin, S. (1971) Collected Piano Works:...
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    credit with Scott Joplin. The nature of the music seems to indicate that Chauvin provided the basis for the first two strains, and Joplin wrote the last...
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    Benson, Kathleen (1978). Scott Joplin. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-11155-3. James Haskins with Kathleen Benson, Scott Joplin the Man Who Made Ragtime,...
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