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Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin (1867 - 1917)

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Scott Joplin (between July 1867 and January 1868 ? April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer and pianist, born near Texarkana, Texas, into the first post-slavery generation. He achieved fame for his unique ragtime compositions, and was dubbed the "King of Ragtime." During his brief career, he wrote forty-four original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag", became ragtime's first and most influential hit, and remained so for a century.

He was blessed with an amazing ability to improvise at the piano, and was able to enlarge his talents with the music he heard around him, which was rich with the sounds of gospel hymns and spirituals, dance music, plantation songs, syncopated rhythms, blues, and choruses. After he studied music with several local teachers, his talent was noticed by a German immigrant music teacher, Julius Weiss, who chose to give the 11-year-old boy lessons free of charge. He was taught music theory, keyboard technique, and an appreciation of various European music styles, such as folk and opera. As an adult, Joplin also studied at an all-black college in Sedalia, Missouri.

"He composed music unlike any ever before written," according to Joplin biographer Edward Berlin. Eventually, "the piano-playing public clamored for his music; newspapers and magazines proclaimed his genius; musicians examined his scores with open admiration." Ragtime historian Susan Curtis noted that "when Joplin syncopated his way into the hearts of millions of Americans at the turn of the century, he helped revolutionize American music and culture."

Before his early death at age 48, Joplin worked on his second opera Treemonisha. This was written, according to opera historian Elise Kirk, to be a "timeless story" about a young black "heroine of the spirit who leads her people from superstition and darkness to salvation and enlightenment." It was a failure in its first concert performance in 1915, but was rediscovered and premiered in 1972.

Joplin's music returned to popularity in the early 1970s with the release of a million-selling album of Joplin's rags recorded by Joshua Rifkin followed by the Academy award-winning movie The Sting which featured several of his compositions, such as "The Entertainer". In 1976 Joplin was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize. (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)
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Something Doing
Scott Joplin

Piano solo (original instrumentation) / 1 PDF / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1903
By Fs, the 16 Sep 2008

The Entertainer (The Entertainer)
Scott Joplin

Tenor Saxophone, Piano / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 Play-along / Intermediate to difficult

Arranger : Dewagtere, Bernard

1902
By bernard-dewagtere, the 06 Oct 2011

Binks' Waltz
Scott Joplin

Piano solo (original instrumentation) / 1 PDF / Intermediate to difficult

1905
By Fs, the 10 Feb 2012

Original Rags
Scott Joplin

Piano solo (original instrumentation) / 1 PDF / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1907
By Fs, the 21 Apr 2006

March Majestic (March & Two-Step)
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1902
By tonywilkinson, the 03 Nov 2011

Gladiolus Rag
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1907
By jacobcracker, the 05 Mar 2016

The Cascades
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1904
By jacobcracker, the 05 Mar 2016

Elite Syncopations
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1902
By jacobcracker, the 14 Apr 2016

Harmony Club Waltz
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1896
By jacobcracker, the 15 Apr 2016

Weeping Willow
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1903
By jacobcracker, the 25 Apr 2016

Fig Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1908
By jacobcracker, the 01 Jul 2016

The Sycamore
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1904
By jacobcracker, the 18 Jul 2016

The Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult
Arranger : Vincent

1916
By fakeyourdeath, the 10 Jun 2019

The Ragtime Dance
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult
Arranger : Vincent

1902
By fakeyourdeath, the 05 Sep 2019

Weeping Willow Rag
Scott Joplin

Piano solo / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult
Arranger : Vincent

1903
By fakeyourdeath, the 28 Oct 2020

Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin

Flute and Piano / 3 PDF / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

By Fs, the 18 Aug 2007

Treemonisha (Ouverture N°1)
Scott Joplin

Piano solo (original instrumentation) / 1 PDF / MIDI / Intermediate to difficult

1911
By Fs, the 19 Aug 2007

Search-Light Rag
Scott Joplin

Piano solo (original instrumentation) / 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI Interpreted / Intermediate to difficult

1907
By Fs, the 21 Apr 2006

Augustan Club Waltzes
Scott Joplin

Piano solo (original instrumentation) / 1 PDF / Intermediate to difficult

1901
By Fs, the 09 Aug 2009

Leola
Scott Joplin

Woodwind quintet : Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Horn, Bassoon / 6 PDF / 1 MP3 / Intermediate to difficult

Arranger : Engels, Gerhard

By gerhard-engels, the 18 Nov 2010

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