Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

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Latest Release

Ragtime with Scott Joplin, Vol. 2 album art
  • Ragtime with Scott Joplin, Vol. 2
  • July 2025
  • 10 Songs

Top Songs

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The Entertainer
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Maple Leaf Rag
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Original Rags
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Pineapple Rag
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Elite Syncopations

Albums

  • Joplin Playing Joplin

    Feb 2025 • 35 songs

  • The Entertainer [Sped Up] - Single
  • The Best Of Scott Joplin

    Jan 2023 • 20 songs

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Scott Joplin

Biography

Scott Joplin was "the King of Ragtime Writers," a composer who elevated "banjo piano playing," a lowly entertainment associated with saloons and brothels, into an American art form loved by millions. Born in Texas in either 1867 or 1868, Joplin was raised in Texarkana, the son of a laborer and former slave. As a child, Joplin taught himself piano on an instrument belonging to a white family that granted him access to it, and ultimately studied with a local, German-born teacher who introduced Joplin to classical music. Joplin attended high school in Sedalia, MO, a town that wou...
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