Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
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Scott Joplin
An American composer and the most important proponent of the classic rag. While ragtime was originally conceived of as improvisatory, Joplin endeavored to connect it with European performance practice. Along with piano rags and songs, his oeuvre also comprises stage works.
| around 1867/68 | Born in Northeast Texas and grows up in Texarkana. He receives musical instruction from the German Julius Weiss and others. He performs as pianist and singer in a quartet. He learns violin and cornet. |
| around 1880 | In St. Louis he meets Tom Tutpin, whose Rosebud Café establishes itself as the most important nexus of the ragtime scene. |
| 1893 | He participates in the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. |
| 1894–1900 | Living in Sedalia, Missouri. His first compositions meet with success. |
| 1896–97 | At George R. Smith College he deepens his musical studies, while at the same time he is active as a teacher of piano and composition; Arthur Marshall and Scott Hayden number among his pupils. |
| 1899 | The “Maple Leaf Rag” becomes a huge hit and sells 500,000 copies by 1909. Along with “The Entertainer” it is today among Joplin’s best-known works. |
| from 1900/01 | In St. Louis he devotes himself primarily to teaching and composing. He begins work on the opera “A Guest of Honor” (lost). |
| 1903 | ”A Guest of Honor” is premiered. |
| 1904 | For the World Expo in St. Louis, Joplin composes the piano rag “The Cascades.” |
| 1907 | In New York he meets and fosters the young composer Joseph Lamb. |
| 1908–09 | Eight piano rags are published. |
| 1911 | His opera “Treemonisha” is published. |
| 1917 | Dies in New York on April 1. |
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