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 ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS - Scott Joplin is the original king of pop. His ragtime music can still be heard within contemporary music today. We have a treasure in the heart of our town, it's the Scott Joplin House.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3)—Sedalia, Missouri, will host the International Ragtime Festival next week (May 28-31). The festival celebrates the life of famous Missourian Scott Joplin. Joplin landed in ...

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Scott Joplin House State Historic Site in St. Louis is celebrating its 15th anniversary by presenting a lecture and concert series entitled “Ragtime, Rhythm and Roots: St. Louis Music Comes Home.” The ...

The Center for African American History, Art & Culture presents Scott Joplin: American Genius. The lecture concert with Scott Kirby will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19. This program combines live ...

(May 5, 1976) -- A special Pulitzer Prize was given posthumously Monday to America's "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin for the music he composed throughout his career. The award to the Texarkana native ...

New York pianist Richard Dowling’s “Great Scott! A Centennial Celebration of Scott Joplin” features “The Entertainer” and other Scott Joplin ragtime piano favorites used in the 1973 ...

At the turn of the 20th century, ragtime music was all the rage. It was music to dance to as well as music to pass on oral traditions. Created by recently freed Blacks who couldn’t then read or write ...

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 ...

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