

His most popular piece is Maple Leaf Rag. Originally published in 1902 for piano with narration (words, music and dance instructions all by Joplin). At the age of 27, he managed to publish his first work and wrote over 100 original ragtime pieces during his brief career. He spent a large part of his early years in St. Give this article By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Friday is the anniversary of Scott Joplin’s death in. Leaving home around the age of nineteen, Scott Joplin first became a traveling musician, playing in brothels because nobody was willing to provide scope to the Black musicians. By eleven, he caught the attention of a German music teacher, who gave him lessons free of cost. He is credited for upgrading and introducing “banjo piano”, a plebian form of entertainment often affiliated to salons and brothels, to elite American art form. Born into a music-loving working class African-American family, he learned to play the banjo as a child and the piano at the house of his mother’s employer around the age of seven.

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Scott Joplin, known to the world as the King of Rags, was an American composer and pianist. Play & Download Scott Joplins New Rag MP3 Song for FREE by Scott Joplin from the album Original Ragtime.
