Scott Joplin
Composer
New York : Chelsea House, [2006]
Format: Book
Edition: Legacy edition.
Description: 103 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
As the son of a former slave, a musical pioneer, and a posthumous winner of a Pulitzer Prize, composer Scott Joplin fought a lifelong campaign to have ragtime music accepted by the American public. This instructive biography includes all-new information about Joplin's accomplishments. Born in Texas in 1868, Joplin showed enormous musical talent at an early age. When he was 20 years old, he began to tour the Midwest, demonstrating his command of the piano. He became famous for writing and playing ragtime music, a predecessor of jazz, which features a strong syncopation in its jaunty, African-based rhythms. Before Joplin, ragtime was considered vulgar. After Joplin became one of the first black composers to publish his songs, his compositions, such as ""Maple Leaf Rag,"" considered a masterpiece, and ""The Entertainer,"" featured in the 1973 Robert Redford/Paul Newman film, ""The Sting"", helped ragtime attain national prominence.
Series: Black Americans of achievement.
Contents:
Maple leaf rag : ragtime's biggest hit -- The Texas frontier -- A turning point -- Ragtime takes off -- King of ragtime -- Life on the road -- The ragtime controversy -- Treemonisha--an opera -- Joplin's last years -- A glorious legacy.
Subjects:
Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917 -- Juvenile literature.
Composers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ragtime music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.
Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917 -- Juvenile literature.
Composers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ragtime music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0791092119 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Joplin, Scott | Southeast | Children's Biography | In |
"Compositions of Scott Joplin": pages 92-93.
Includes bibliographical references (page 96) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 96) and index.