Both of these Maple Leaf Rag recordings are made from piano rolls released in 1916. The edited roll was published by Connorized, and the unedited version by the Aeolian Company. Scott Joplin was once ...

In the early 1880s, a young African American boy in Texarkana named Scott Joplin was trained in the fundamentals of classical music and opera by his German-born teacher. Born near Linden, Joplin was ...

From piano rags to rich opera overtures, here’s a look at Scott Joplin’s greatest works. Since the revival of his music in the 1970s, history has remembered Scott Joplin as “the King of Ragtime”. His ...

Were it not for ragtime composer Scott Joplin, Tom McDermott may not have evolved into one of New Orleans’ most respected pianists. Growing up in St. Louis, McDermott had, by age 14, spent seven years ...

As radical as rock & roll was when it first emerged in America, ragtime seemed childish to many at first, a fad that would fade quickly. Others found it threatening, and quirte possibly dangerous. To ...