Artist description Scott Joplin, famous entertainer and composer of ragtimes for the piano

Music Style Ragtime

Similar Artists Absolutely unique

Artist History Altogether Joplin published some 60 compositions of which 41 are piano "rags". The balance consists of songs, marches, a ballet, and two operas: "A Guest Of Honor (c1899)" and "Treemonisha" (1911). "Treemonihsa" was produced unsuccessfully in concert form in 1915 but was revived successfully 57 years later. In 1911 Joplin suffered a nervous breakdown that he never fully recovered from. In 1916 he was "admitted" to a mental hospital that he would never leave. Scott Joplin died 4-1-1917, from "pneumonia".In Scott's 49 years of life he was never acknowledged as the serious composer that he really was. During his lifetime there were no opportunities for black musicians to have their music heard by anyone in the "serious" musical world. Even though his music was commercially successful, like everyone else in "tin-pan alley" during his time, he was looked upon as just a "tune-writer".Recognition came posthumously, however, with the republication (1972) of his music, a Pulitzer Prize (1976), and acclaim from both the popular and the scholarly communities.

Instruments Piano, Orchestra

Location Cologne, RFA - Germany

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