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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 4 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
My Bonnie — —— Flute, violin, Double Bass, ClarinetJazz, Classical 2
Old Shoe Boots And Leggins — —— Cello, Flute, violin, Double Bass, Trombone, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 2
Blow the Man Down — —— Flute, Double Bass, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 2
Wayfarin' Stranger — —— Cello, Flute, violin, Double Bass, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 7
The Galway Piper — —— FluteJazz, Classical 2
"The Augustine Club Waltz (Music Through Time, Flute Book 1)" — —— Flute— 0
Hatikvoh — —— Cello, violin, Double Bass, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 2
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes — —— violin, Double Bass, Clarinet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 2
Down By The Riverside — —— Double Bass, ClarinetJazz, Classical 2
Santa Lucia — —— Cello, Double Bass, Clarinet, Trumpet, Recorder, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 1
Sailor's Hornpipe — —— violin, Clarinet, Trombone, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 2
The Marines' Hymn — —— Saxophone, violinJazz, Classical 2
O My Darling Clementine — —— violin, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 2
Jacobs Ladder — —— Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 2
Simple Gifts — —— violin, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical 2
Relaxing — —— RecorderJazz, Classical 2
She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain — —— violin, TromboneJazz, Classical 2
Drunken Sailor — —— CelloJazz, Classical 2
Battle Hymn Of The Republic — —— —Jazz, Classical 2
The Caissons — —— TrumpetJazz, Classical 2
Harlem Rag — —— GuitarJazz, Classical 3
Veronique Sanson 'Chanson Sur Ma Drole Vie' — —— GuitarJazz, Classical 0
Five String Boogie Woogie — —— BanjoJazz, Classical 2
The Riddle Song — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 3
There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 3
Three Blind Mice — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 3
Water Come A Me Eye — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 3
Rag-Time Dance -- A Stop-Time Two-Step — —— PianoJazz, Classical 7
Happy Birthday Dear Eliza — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Rag-Time Dance - Score — —— —Jazz, Classical 2
Swipsey Rag - Score — —— Piano, ClarinetJazz, Classical 1
Good-bye Old Gal Good-bye — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Rag-Time Dance - Tuba 1 — —— —Jazz, Classical 2
Scott Joplin: Vocal Music — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Rag-Time Dance - Score and Parts — —— —Jazz, Classical 2
When Your Hair Is Like the Snow — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Joplin!: B — —— —Jazz, Classical 2
Joplin!: 1st B — —— —Jazz, Classical 2
Joplin!: 2nd B — —— —Jazz, Classical 2
Breeze from Alabam — —— —— 1
Maple Leaf Ra — —— —— 1
Peacherine Ra — —— —— 1
The Cascade — —— —— 1
The Chrysanthemu — —— —— 1
The Sycamor — —— —— 1
Stop Time — —— Piano, OrganJazz, Classical 1
Sycamore — —— Piano, Flute, Oboe, violin, Recorder, Mandolin, HarmonicaJazz, Classical 3
Favorite — —— Piano, Flute, Oboe, violin, Recorder, Mandolin, HarmonicaJazz, Classical 3

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.