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Scott Joplin


Black Americans of Achievement

No. of pages 103

Published: 2006

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Great for age 11-18 years

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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.

 

This book features in the following series: Black Americans Of Achievement, Black Americans Of Achievment .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 103 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Chelsea House Publishers .

This book is in the following series:

Black Americans of Achievement

Black Americans of Achievment

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