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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 15 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
The Rosebud — —— —— —
Refelection Rag (Syncopated Musings) — —— KeyboardJazz, Classical —
Strenous Life — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Gladious Rag — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Sunflowers Slow Drag — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Augustan Club Waltzes — —— —— —
The Easy Winners Rag — —— —— —
The Entertainer: 1st Xylopohone — —— —— —
The Entertainer: 2nd Xylopohone — —— —— —
The Entertainer: Mallets — —— —— —
The Entertainer: 2nd Mallet Percussion — —— —— —
The Entertainer: 3rd Mallet Percussion — —— —— —
The Entertainer: String Bass — —— —— —
Maple Leaf Rag & The Cascades — —— —— —
Easy Winners, The A Ragtime Two Step — —— Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon— 1
Strenuous Life, The A Ragtime Two Step — —— Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon— 2
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer for Wind Quintet — —— Flute, Oboe, Bassoon— 3
Sun Flower Slow Rag — —— Piano— 1
Original Rags for Wind Quintet — —— —— 1
The Entertainer for Saxophone Quartet — —— —— 1
Maple Leaf Rag for Flute and Bassoon Duet — —— Flute, Bassoon— 1
Heliotrope Bouquet (with Louis Chauvin) — —— PianoChildren 1
The Entertainer for Clarinet Quartet — —— ClarinetLatin 1
Entertainer, The - Percussion 4 — —— —Classical 1
Maple Leaf Rag for Viola Duet — —— Viola— 1
Easy Winners,The A Ragtime Two-Step — —— Piano, Cello— 1
The Entertainer for Cello Quartet — —— CelloJazz 1
The Entertainer for Viola Quartet — —— Viola— 1
Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag for Wind Quintet — —— Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet— 1

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.