Scott Joplin

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Scott Joplin

In the late 1890’s ; a craze for a new kind of music called ragtime swept the
country off it’s feet. Instant popularity of ragtime increased before the turn
of the century. By 1910, the “ragtime” mania reached its peak in all
elements of music: popular dance, theater, and movie music. Scott Joplin was a
young black man that mastered and polish this subtle art. Born in Texarkana,
Texas on November 29, 1868, Scott became facinated with the piano at an early
age and was mentored by a old german teacher that took him in as a pupil.
Scott’s style of piano playing stress his smooth singing tone and subtle sense
of rhythm. Scott has the tendency to turn melodic lines into delicate and but
simple notes. Generally all of his pieces share the customary ragtime layout and
composition of a pair of contrasting lines, each repeated and followed by the
return to the first line, then a new section consisting of two or thr...

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