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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 8 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
John Henry — —— Double Bass, Clarinet, TrumpetJazz, Classical —
One More Day — —— Clarinet, Trombone, TrumpetJazz, Classical —
All My Trials — —— Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
Buffalo Gals — —— violin, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
Soldiers Joy — —— violin, Clarinet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
Henry Martin — —— Clarinet, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
Sailing, Sailing — —— Clarinet, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
Wondrous Love — —— Clarinet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
America — —— Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
Minor Melody — —— Clarinet, TrumpetJazz, Classical —
Walls Of Jericho — —— Clarinet, Trombone, TrumpetJazz, Classical —
Appalachian Melody — —— violin, Clarinet, TrumpetJazz, Classical —
The Gal I Left Behind Me — —— Clarinet, Trombone, TrumpetJazz, Classical —
Old Joe Clark — —— Clarinet, Trombone, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
"I Am Thinking of My Pickaninny Days (Music Through Time, Clarinet Book 1)" — —— —— —
Blow Ye Winds — —— Trombone, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
Chester — —— SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
I Know Where I'm Goin' — —— violin, Trombone, Trumpet, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
Angels We Have Heard On High — —— violin, Trombone, SaxophoneJazz, Classical —
The Saxophone Rag (Maple Leaf Rag) — —— —— —
Alouette — —— violin, TrumpetJazz, Classical —
Erie Canal — —— CelloJazz, Classical —
Shortnin' Bread — —— Double Bass, TrumpetJazz, Classical —
Aloette — —— Double BassJazz, Classical —
Cumberland Gap — —— TrumpetJazz, Classical —
Gary Owen — —— Trombone, TrumpetJazz, Classical —
How Firm A Foundation — —— TrumpetJazz, Classical —
Revelle — —— TrumpetJazz, Classical —
3. We Will Rest Awhile — —— Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, TubaJazz, Classical —
5. A Real Slow Drag — —— —— —
Number Twelve Train — —— GuitarJazz, Classical —
Trouble In Mind — —— GuitarJazz, Classical —
Vestapol — —— GuitarJazz, Classical —
Walk Right In — —— GuitarJazz, Classical —
Strenuous Life,The — —— —— —
Jacques Prevert/Vladimir Kosma 'Les Feuilles Mortes' — —— GuitarJazz, Classical —
Stealin', Stealin' — —— BanjoJazz, Classical —
The More We Get Together — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 1
The Sloop "John B" — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 1
The Wreck Of The Old Ninety-Seven — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 1
This Old Man — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 1
Worried Man Blues — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 1
Yellow Rose Of Texas — —— AutoharpJazz, Classical 1
The Entertainer Rag — —— —— —
"Binks' Waltz, arr. D. Fraser" — —— —— —
Bethenea — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Original Rags, The Favourite, A Ragtime Two-Step — —— —— —
3. The Ragtime Dancer — —— —— —

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.