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 ...

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 ...

Friday is the anniversary of Scott Joplin’s death in 1917. The story of this Black master of the ragtime genre can seem like one that never got far beyond the starting gate and ended with a sad ...

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Toe-tapping and head-bobbing are inevitable when listening to the "King of Ragtime’s" songs. They’re so compelling and familiar that one is even a famous ice cream truck jingle. But the music that ...

Scott Joplin, known as the “King of Ragtime”, composed more than 40 musical pieces, including “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The ...

Charleston Rag; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Maple Leaf Rag; The Red Rose Rag; What You Goin' To Do When The Rent Comes Round? (Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown); Cascades; Bennie Badoo; If You Like A Me; The ...

Many found the music offensive, the dancing objectionable, and the popularity of both with young people verging on a mental ...

ST. LOUIS — During Black History Month, 5 on Your Side is celebrating the history that was made in St. Louis, and highlighting the next generation of change-makers. One of the most influential ...

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 ...