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(May 5, 1976) -- A special Pulitzer Prize was given posthumously Monday to America's "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin for the music he composed throughout his career. The award to the Texarkana native ...

Reflection rag - syncopated musings / Scott Joplin --Frog legs / James Scott --Palm leaf rag (a slow drag) / Scott Joplin --Kinklets (two step) / Arthur Marshall --A breeze from Alabama / Scott Joplin ...

Scott Joplin was raised in a musical family of railway laborers in Texarkana, Texas. During the late 1880s, he traveled the American South as a musician and in 1893 he went to Chicago for the World's ...

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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 music is ...

ST. LOUIS – Scott Joplin, known as the “King of Ragtime,” is recognized for his mastery of the piano and his role in integrating the genre into American music. Joplin composed more than 40 musical ...

To honor the country’s 250th birthday, Washington National Opera (WNO) is putting on a season of operas by American composers. It seems fitting that WNO has included Treemonisha, the inspiring opera ...