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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 9 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
Bethena Performed by Scott Joplin — —— —— —
STRENUOUS LIFE, THE — —— —— —
Favorite,The — —— Horn, Trombone, TubaJazz, Classical —
Rosebud March, The — —— —— —
In Autumn [Op. 15, No. 1] Additional credits Amy Marcy Beach — Op. 15, No. 1— PianoJazz, Classical —
Love Song Additional credits Samuel Barber — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Lullaby [Op. 10] Additional credits William Mason — Op. 10— PianoJazz, Classical —
Ojos Criollos [Op. 37] Additional credits Louis Moreau Gottschalk — Op. 37— PianoJazz, Classical —
Philadelphia Waltz [Op. 2, No. 2] Additional credits Anthony Philip Heinrich — Op. 2, No. 2— PianoJazz, Classical —
Reel Additional credits Lou Harrison — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Souvenir Additional credits Richard Faith — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Village Dance [Op. 26, No. 5] Additional credits John Knowles Paine — Op. 26, No. 5— PianoJazz, Classical —
Yankee Doodle Arranged As a Rondo Additional credits Benjamin Carr — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Postludium [Op. 13, No. 10] Additional credits Ernst Von Dohnányi — Op. 13, No. 10— PianoJazz, Classical —
The Chrysanthemum -- An Afro-American Intermezzo — —— —— —
Sun Flower Slow Drag -- Ragtime Two-Step — —— —— —
Joplin Gems — —— Piano, VoiceJazz, Classical 1
The Entertainer Performed by Scott Joplin — —— —— —
Joplin Medley — —— PianoJazz, Classical 1
The Entertainer [Arranged by Hans-Gunter Heumann] — —— —— —
Maple Leaf Rag [Arranged by Hans-Gunter Heumann] — —— —— —
The Easy Winners [Arranged by Hans-Gunter Heumann] — —— —— —
Ragtime Dance [Arranged by Hans-Gunter Heumann] — —— —— —
Sunflower Slow Drag [Arranged by Hans-Gunter Heumann] — —— —— —
The Cascades [Arranged by Hans-Gunter Heumann] — —— —— —
A Breeze from Alabama -- March and Two Step — —— —— —
At a Georgia Camp Meeting -- March Additional credits Kerry Mills — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Dill Pickles Rag -- A Ragtime Two Step Additional credits Charles L. Johnson — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Hossier Rag -- March Two Step Additional credits Julia Lee Niebergall — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Peaches and Cream -- A Delectable Rag Additional credits Percy Wenrich — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Pickles And Peppers Additional credits Adaline Shepherd — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Pork and Beans -- One Step-Two Step or Turkey Trot Additional credits Charles Luckeyth Roberts — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Ragtime Nightingale Additional credits Joseph Francis Lamb — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Sensation -- a Rag Additional credits Joseph Francis Lamb — —— —— —
Smoky Mokes -- Cakewalk and Two Step Additional credits Abraham Holzmann — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
St. Louis Blues Additional credits W.C. Handy — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Sunflower Slow Drag -- A Ragtime Two Step — —— —— —
The Chrysanthemum -- An African-American Intermezzo — —— —— —
The Lion Tamer Rag -- A Syncopated Fantasia Additional credits Mark Janza — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
The St. Louis Rag Additional credits Thomas M. J. Turpin — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Twelfth Street Rag Additional credits Euday Louis Bowman — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Ev'ry Night — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
Air from Suite No.3 Bach — —— Cello, violinJazz, Classical —
The Cascasdes - A Rag — —— PianoJazz, Classical —
33.The Entertainer — —— —— 7
Treemonisha, No. 14: The Wasp-Nest — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 1: Overture — —— —— —
Treemonisha, No. 13: Frolic of the Bears — —— —— —

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.