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Scott Joplin

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  • Scott Joplin is born in North Texas, Son of a former slave

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    1868-1917

  • Joplin works with a minstrel troupe in Texarkana, Texas, in the first documented sign of his musical career.

  • Joplin worked as pianist at the Maple Leaf Club.

  • Joplin joined the Queen City Cornet Band and performed in local clubs

  • He published the maple leaf Rag

    He published the maple leaf Rag

  • Scott Joplin and his bride, Belle Jones, moved to St. Louis

    Scott Joplin and his bride, Belle Jones, moved to St. Louis

  • Scott Joplin publishes The Entertainer.

  • He composes pieces such as Solace, Pineapple Rag, and Wall Street Rag and his most ambitious Work, the opera Treemonisha.

  • Grows as a composer but later dies from Syphilis

    Grows as a composer but later dies from Syphilis