Composer

Scott Joplin

1868–1917

837 works in the index

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.

Catalogue

Works page 9 of 18

Euponic sounds - Preface

Rag-Time Dance - Score

Happy Birthday Dear Eliza

Swipsey Rag - Score

Rag-Time Dance - Trumpet 1 in B-flat

Rag-Time Dance - Euphonium 1 BC/TC

Wall Street Rag - Preface

Reflection Rag - Preface

Tell the Entertainer to Play a March - Clarinet in B-flat

Swipesy - Score

Weeping Willow Rag

Pine Apple Rag - Horn

Solace - Euphonium 1

Maple Leaf Rag - Score

The Entertainer - Trombone 2

Kismet Rag - Score

Paragon Rag - Trombone

Gladiolus Rag - Trombone

The Entertainer - Solo Flute

The Entertainer - Solo Bb Tenor Sax

The Entertainer - Vibes or Bells

Treemonisha, No. 4: We're Goin' Around

Treemonisha, No. 2: The Bag of Luck

Treemonisha, No. 18: Aunt Dinah Has Blowed De Horn

Treemonisha, No. 24: When Villians Ramble Far and Near

The Entertainer - Score and Parts

The Cascades - Score

The Cascades - Score and Parts

Euphonic Sounds - Tuba 2

Maple Leaf Rag - Horn in F

The Rose-Bud March - Horn in F

The Entertainer - Euphonium 1 BC/TC

Magnetic Rag - Bass Trombone

Magnetic Rag - Tuba 1

Ragtime Dance - Score

Pine Apple Rag - Piano

Maple Leaf Rag - Piano

Peacherine Rag - Piano

Weeping Willow - Piano

The Cascades - Piano

Rose Leaf Rag - Piano

The Entertainer - Score

Tell the Entertainer to Play a March - Horn in F

Magnetic Rag - Trombone 3

Magnetic Rag - Euphonium 2 BC/TC

Easy Winners - Score and Parts

The Entertainer - Cello

The Entertainer - Piano