TJ Muller takes care of Scott Joplin's piano at the Scott Joplin House, in St. Louis, Mo. The music known as ragtime first swept the nation more than 100 years ago. Missouri, known as the heartland of ...

Maple Leaf Rag (Piano & Orchestra Version); Solace; Pleasant Moments; Heliotrope Bouquet (Stomp Version); Courtship (Based On Elite Syncopation); Cutting Contest / Maple Leaf Rag; Peacherine Rag; The ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Lara Downes’s latest album, “Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered,” is inspired by the fact that Joplin’s achievement remains fuzzy to many. By Seth ...

ST. LOUIS — During Black History Month, 5 on Your Side is celebrating the history that was made in St. Louis, and highlighting the next generation of change-makers. One of the most influential ...

Engines Podcast The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3321: Scott Joplin and Ragtime Episode: 3321 Scott Joplin persevered in creating Ragtime music as a black musician in post-Civil War America. Today, Joplin ...

When I first heard Scott Joplin’s “Bethena,” I was a college freshman and my friend Robert was playing it on the piano in a common room. The college’s century-old Steinway was appallingly out of tune, ...

Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain, his impact on early American music is ...

A pulsating piano solo by a black composer published 125 years ago this fall became an unexpected bestseller, drew droves of young people to the piano, and became an enduring classic of American music ...

Scott Joplin’s lost opera “Treemonisha” premieres in Florida at the Dr. Phillips Center Credit: Courtesy photo Legendary American jazz and ragtime composer Scott Joplin’s lost opera Treemonisha is ...

This week marks Scott Joplin’s 156th birthday. Before jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, or hip hop, Joplin launched the defining American sound of the early 20 th century, ragtime, which formed the basis of all ...

Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain, his impact on early American music is ...