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Scott Joplin

Page history last edited by Cortes Martin 3 years, 2 months ago
Hello, this is Cortes Martin. I'm doing black history on Scott Joplin.  He was a great pianist.There's a lot of people who listen to Scott Joplin music. I would love to listen to his music someday.
 
 
 
He's a great composer of rag-time music.  He stills remains the best-knowned rag-time figure.  His famous composition was " the Entertainer."  Scott joplin was born in eastern Texas 1867. The Scott Joplin family moved to Texarkana,Texas after 1871. His mother cleaned homes so that he could a palce to practice hsi music.
 
 

This was a complete rag of Scott Joplin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joplin wanted to experiment further with compositions like Treemonisha, but by 1916 he was suffering from the effects of terminal syphilis. He suffered later from dementia, paranoia, paralysis and other symptoms. Despite this, he recorded six piano rolls that year — Maple Leaf Rag (for Connorized and Uni-Record labels), Something Doing, Magnetic Rag, Ole Miss Rag, and Pleasant Moments (all for Connorized). These are the only records of his playing we have, and are interesting for the embellishments added by Joplin to his performances. A surviving copy of the 'Pleasant Moments' roll has not yet been discovered. It has been claimed that the uneven nature of some of Joplin's piano rolls, such as one of the recordings of the Maple Leaf Rag mentioned above, documented the extent of Joplin's physical deterioration due to syphilis. However, the irregularities are just as likely due to the primitive technology used to record the rolls.
 
 
 
 

 Scott Joplin died in 1917 in New York.

 

 

1868-Scott Joplin was born in November 24, 1868.
 
1894- Scott joplin works as a pianist at Maple Leaf Club.
 
1899- Scott Joplin publishes Maple Leaf rag.
 
1902 -Scot Joplin publishes The Entertainer.
 
1911- Scott Joplin publishes the opera Treemonisha.
 
1917- Scott Joplin died on April 1,1917.
 
1976- Scott Joplin opera Treemonisha wins the Pulitzer prize.
 
 
10 FACTS OF SCOTT JOPLIN
 

Scott Joplin was one of the best known musician.

 

 

Scott Joplin is still the best known rag time figure.

 

Scott Joplin lived in Texarkana.

 

Scott Joplin won many awards.

 

He published the The Entertainer.

 

He is a great person to look up to.

 

He had diseases.

 

The Entertainer sold the most records.

 

HE had syphillies.

 

He dided in 1917 April1st.

 

Comments (15)

Shakita Story said

at 1:45 pm on Feb 11, 2009

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at 8:24 am on Feb 12, 2009

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at 9:23 am on Feb 12, 2009

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at 9:25 am on Feb 12, 2009

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at 9:27 am on Feb 12, 2009

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at 9:28 am on Feb 12, 2009

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Lasha Harper said

at 9:32 am on Feb 12, 2009

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Darryl Burnell said

at 11:17 am on Feb 13, 2009

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Terray Hardin said

at 11:50 am on Feb 13, 2009

Good choice. I had to listen to ragtime once.

Jasmine McBride said

at 8:25 am on Feb 18, 2009

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Catori Todd said

at 9:15 am on Feb 18, 2009

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Noah Banks said

at 8:24 am on Feb 25, 2009

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Atavia Jones said

at 8:27 am on Feb 25, 2009

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Kayla Carter said

at 8:46 am on Feb 25, 2009

like the colors its so colorful......good job on it

Mrs. Veronica Davis said

at 9:07 am on Feb 25, 2009

I did not realize Joplin was from Southern Arkansas. Cool!

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