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 5 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
Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
Classic Ragtime	—	—	—	Piano	Jazz, Classical	1
The Irish Washerwoman	—	—	—	Piano, Trumpet	Jazz, Classical	1
I Am Thinking Of My Picka-Ninny Days	—	—	—	Piano	Jazz, Classical	2
Moving On Up - B flat Major and G Minor	—	—	—	Piano	Jazz, Classical	1
Medley: Aura Lee And Loch Lomond	—	—	—	Piano	Jazz, Classical	1
The Strenuous	—	—	—	Piano	Jazz, Classical	1
The Erie Canal	—	—	—	Flute, violin, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	4
When The Saints Go Marching In	—	—	—	Flute, violin, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Saxophone, Autoharp	Jazz, Classical	5
Frankie and Johnny	—	—	—	Flute, Trombone, Banjo	Jazz, Classical	1
I Gave My Love A Cherry	—	—	—	Flute, violin, Double Bass, Trombone, Trumpet	Jazz, Classical	1
The Drunken Sailor	—	—	—	Flute, Clarinet, Trombone	Jazz, Classical	1
Cockles And Mussels	—	—	—	Cello, Flute, violin, Clarinet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
The Eyes Of Texas	—	—	—	Flute, violin, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	4
Red River Valley	—	—	—	Cello, Double Bass, Clarinet, Trombone, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
Loch Lomond	—	—	—	Double Bass, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet	Jazz, Classical	1
Oh! Susanna	—	—	—	Double Bass, Clarinet, Trumpet	Jazz, Classical	1
Dixie	—	—	—	Double Bass, Clarinet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
Gypsy Lament	—	—	—	violin, Double Bass, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet	Jazz, Classical	1
Captain Kidd	—	—	—	violin, Clarinet, Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
Cielito Lindo	—	—	—	Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
All Through The Night	—	—	—	Clarinet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
Sunny Blues	—	—	—	Clarinet	Jazz, Classical	1
Shady Grove	—	—	—	Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
Sunny's Blues	—	—	—	violin, Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
The Dixieland Ball	—	—	—	Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
Go Tell It On the Mountain	—	—	—	Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	—
Little Brown Jug	—	—	—	violin, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
Tenting Tonight	—	—	—	Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
My Bonnie Dearie	—	—	—	Trumpet, Saxophone	Jazz, Classical	1
Praise To The Lord	—	—	—	violin	Jazz, Classical	1
Eyes of Texas	—	—	—	—	Jazz, Classical	1
Wade In The Water	—	—	—	Trombone, Trumpet	Jazz, Classical	1
Ol' Dan Tucker	—	—	—	Trumpet	Jazz, Classical	1
The Victors March	—	—	—	Trumpet	Jazz, Classical	1
1. We're Goin' Around	—	—	—	Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba	Jazz, Classical	1
2. Superstition	—	—	—	Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba	Jazz, Classical	1
4. Aunt Dinah Has Blowed De Horn	—	—	—	Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba	Jazz, Classical	1
Haul Away Joe	—	—	—	Trombone	Jazz, Classical	1
Bowery Rag (Turpin)	—	—	—	Guitar	Jazz, Classical	2
Yesterdays	—	—	—	Guitar	Jazz, Classical	1
The Gospel Train	—	—	—	Autoharp	Jazz, Classical	2
Wabash Cannonball	—	—	—	Autoharp	Jazz, Classical	2
Wildwood Flower	—	—	—	Autoharp	Jazz, Classical	2
Rag-Time Dance - Trumpet 1 in B-flat	—	—	—	—	Jazz, Classical	1
Rag-Time Dance - Euphonium 1 BC/TC	—	—	—	—	Jazz, Classical	1
Rag-Time Dance - Trumpet 2 in B-flat	—	—	—	—	Jazz, Classical	1
Swipsey Rag - Soprano Sax	—	—	—	—	Jazz, Classical	1
Rag-Time Dance - Euphonium 2 BC/TC	—	—	—	—	Jazz, Classical	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.