King of Ragtime Scott Joplin and His Era

Name: King of Ragtime Scott Joplin and His Era
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ISBN: 9780195101089

ISBN-10: 0195101081

ISBN-13: 9780195101089

Edition: 1996

Authors: Edward A. Berlin

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In 1974, the academy award-winning film The Sting brought back the music of Scott Joplin, a black ragtime composer who died in 1917. Led by The Entertainer, one of the most popular pieces of the mid-1970s, a revival of his music resulted in events unprecedented in American musical history. Never before had any composer's music been so acclaimed by both the popular and classical music worlds. While reaching a "Top Ten" position in the pop charts, Joplin's music was also being performed in classical recitals and setting new heights for sales of classical records. His opera Treemonisha was performed both in opera houses and on Broadway. Destined to be the definitive work on the man and his…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/11/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.078



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Early Years, 1868-1893



Scott Joplin in Sedalia, 1894-1898



The Maple Leaf Rag, 1899-1900



The Ragtime Dance, 1899-1901



The King of Ragtime Writers, 1901-1902



A Guest of Honor, 1903



Freddie, 1904



Final Days in the Midwest, 1905-1907



New York, 1907-1910



Treemonisha, 1910-1911



The Elusive Production, 1911-1917



The Legacy of Scott Joplin



The Music



Three Songs


Notes


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Index