Scott Joplin, 1869-1917, wrote “The Entertainer” a ragtime piece of music that gained fame on the soundtrack of the movie,” The Sting.” during the 1970s. Today it is one of the most popular pieces of ...

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In the post-Civil War era, the cruel breath of slavery and the aborted plan of Reconstruction still hung over the American South. But in the Joplin home, banjo and fiddle music filled the family’s ...

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Texarkana native Scott Joplin, the King of ragtime exhibit and silent auction, is taking place at the Gallery at 1894 through Friday. Curator Carol Collins-Miles said the auction's ...

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 ...

Scott Joplin House State Historic Site in St. Louis is celebrating its 15th anniversary by presenting a lecture and concert series entitled “Ragtime, Rhythm and Roots: St. Louis Music Comes Home.” The ...

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 ...

The early years, 1868-1893 -- Sedalia, the cradle of classic ragtime -- Scott Joplin in Sedalia, 1894-1898 -- The Maple Leaf Rag, 1899-1900 -- The ragtime dance, 1899-1901 -- The king of ragtime ...

When I was very young and “forced” (because I did not understand at that age how great it would be to learn) to take piano lessons, those of us who took our lessons at that time in San Angelo became ...

Scott Joplin’s lost opera “Treemonisha” premieres in Florida at the Dr. Phillips Center Credit: Courtesy photo Legendary American jazz and ragtime composer Scott Joplin’s lost opera Treemonisha is ...