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Composer

Scott Joplin

American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)

1868–1917

701 works in the index

Born
1868
Died
1917
Birthplace
Linden
Citizenship / historical state
United States
Period (estimated from birth year)
Modern

Biography

Scott Joplin was born in Texas. Little is known about his early years. There is no precise information about the date of his birth, for example, although he is generally thought to have come into the world in the first half of 1868. In his early years, his mother worked as a maid for a white family known as the Cooks, and Mrs. Cook seems to have given Scott permission to play on her piano while his mother, Florence, was cleaning the house. Ah, what Mrs. Cook was starting! Joplin may have been the first musician ever to sell more than a million copies of a piece of instrumental music, with the commercial success of his Maple Leaf Rag in the 1890s. He is also the composer and librettist of an opera, Treemonisha, published at Joplin’s own expense in 1910 and produced by the music department of Morehouse College and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in January 1972, more than half a century after the composer’s death.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Clarinet, violin, Trumpet, Flute
Genres represented
Classical, Jazz, Blues, Children, Pop
Works with composition dates
12 of 701

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 12 of 15

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Treemonisha, No. 8: Treemonisha's Bringing Up — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 6: The Sacred Tree — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 17: Going Home — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 21: Treemonisha's Return — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 26: We Will Trust You as Our Leader — —— —— —
The Entertainer - Oboe — —— —— —
The Cascades - Oboe — —— —— —
Maple Leaf Rag - Score and Parts — —— —— —
The Rose-Bud March - Score — —— —— —
The Rose-Bud March - Score and Parts — —— —— —
The Entertainer - Tuba 1 — —— —— —
Easy Winners - Trombone 2 — —— —— —
The Entertainer - Guitar 2 — —— —— —
Original Rags - Piano — —— —— —
Paragon Rag - Preface — —— —— —
Country Club - Preface — —— —— —
Scott Joplin's New Rag - Preface — —— —— —
Tell the Entertainer to Play a March - Score — —— —— —
Tell the Entertainer to Play a March - Score and Parts — —— —— —
Swipesy - Tuba 1 — —— —— —
Easy Winners - Tuba 1 — —— —— —
Solace - Tuba 2 — —— —— —
Kismet Rag - Horn in F — —— —— —
Paragon Rag - Trumpet 1 in Bb — —— —— —
Gladiolus Rag - Trumpet 1 in Bb — —— —— —
The Entertainer - Solo Mallets — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 9: Good Advice — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 11: Superstition — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 7: Surprised — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 20: I Want to See My Child — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 27: A Real Slow Drag — —— —— —
The Entertainer - Clarinet in B-flat — —— —— —
The Cascades - Clarinet in B-flat — —— —— —
Euphonic Sounds - Euphonium 1 BC/TC — —— —— —
The Rose-Bud March - Cornet 1/Trumpet 1 — —— —— —
The Entertainer - Tuba 2 — —— —— —
Magnetic Rag - Trombone 1 — —— —— —
Easy Winners - Trombone 3 — —— —— —
The Entertainer - Guitar 3 — —— —— —
The Chrysanthemum - Piano — —— —— —
The Ragtime Dance - Piano — —— —— —
Pine Apple Rag - Preface — —— —— —
Tell the Entertainer to Play a March - Flute — —— —— —
Swipesy - Tuba 2 — —— —— —
Easy Winners - Tuba 2 — —— —— —
Bethena Rag — —— —— —
Pine Apple Rag - Trumpet 1 — —— —— —
Solace - Score and Parts — —— —— —

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 56796614. Portrait: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.