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 ...

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 ...

Scott Joplin’s lost opera “Treemonisha” premieres in Florida at the Dr. Phillips Center Credit: Courtesy photo Legendary American jazz and ragtime composer Scott Joplin’s lost opera Treemonisha is ...

Before ragtime made him famous, Scott Joplin dreamed of something bigger - a full-scale opera that would tell the story of a young Black woman who lifts her community through knowledge. That opera was ...

Scott Joplin was once among America's most popular songwriters. The son of a former slave, his Ragtime music swept the nation more than 100 years... Joplin's Ragtime Style Lives on in Print and Song ...

A pulsating piano solo by a black composer published 125 years ago this fall became an unexpected bestseller, drew droves of young people to the piano, and became an enduring classic of American music ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Scott Joplin's wife Lottie was a strong advocate for social change, and the inspiration for the title character of his opera Treemonisha. We'll enjoy Three Moments from Treemonisha during our music ...

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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 ...