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Joplin and his fellow ragtime composers rejuvenated American popular music, fostering an appreciation for African American music among European Americans by creating exhilarating and liberating dance tunes, changing American musical taste.
i'm almost done learning maple leaf rag myself and i really like ragtime music as well
michelle9228
Yes, it took me awhile to find this ... looking for ragtime! Did find another station created by someone called, Saloon Music ... good stuff there too.
I cannot believe that you do not have a bio for this great artist.
pil6238
Joplin is the most important American composer. His influence permeates all that which distinctly American music. He influence Gershwin, Ellington, Davis and even the Impressionists on the other side of the pond!
werbothcrazy
I wore out my copy of "E. Power Biggs Plays Scott Joplin on the Pedal Harpsichord" --awesome stuff. After seeing "The Sting", the harpsichord version always made me imagine a movie about two con men in Elizabethan times, jumping out of the castle window, one step ahead of the King's guards...
tallplace
As a composer, I appreciate the simplicity in his melodies. He was brilliant in the economy of his form, listen to the way the transitions flow into one another....
ricktrentacosta
I remember reading years ago that Joplin hated to hear his music being played hurriedly. He liked it slow and refined, reflective. Maybe it was brothel owners who pushed for faster tempos from players in their downstairs parlors to produce faster turnovers upstairs.
If it hadn't been for the Movie "The Sting," I might never have gotten into Scott Joplin as a composer (even though I've always loved ragtime). Even though there seemed to be very little relationship between the plot of the movie & the music, I thoroughly enjoyed both! And I've been a big Scott Joplin fan ever since (and that was almost 40 years ago).
I've been very much into Mozart & Bach all my life (that was my main reason for getting into Pandora) but a few days ago it struck me to bring u
callburt
Where is His Bio?
mcraejp4
Listen to Sugar Cane. What a national treasure Joplin was.
mcraejp4
I have heard in the past that he had tertiary syphilus and lost motor function of his hands which shortened his brilliant career. Unfortunatel y , he lived before the days of penicillin.
ghxeuyc02
Can not believe that you have no information about him
In London, they recently place about 30 or 40 pianos all over the city,for anybody to play, that said, "Play me I'm yours." (you can see some of this if you go to you tube) One of the most popular musical genres was Scott Joplin.
'drama tic' said it right - Joplin is the master. I own, "E Power Biggs plays Scott Joplin on the Pedal Harpsichord" on vinyl. Amazon.com has two copies left. This is an absolute masterpiece. You won't believe your ears.
Joshua Rifkin is my absolute favorite interperator of Scott Joplin rags. I was fortunate to see him perform twice in Irvine, CA...front row. He is just as good in person as in the studio...no flaws. Perfection. Sometimes I listen to his CDs all day long. I wish Pandora would play ALL the selections on ALL his albums instead of just a few on this one. They are ALL magnificent. :D
drama_tic
Having not read below, I didn't touch on a couple things which have been alluded to. There was a biographical film about Joplin - maybe a t.v. film - about 30 years ago. (Am I dating myself?) It answered a number of preciously "untouched" questions. Don't know how accurate the history was.
Also Joplin has a heavy influence in Gershwin's music, and vice versa. Just listen and you'll hear it yourself.
Good to get in on this forum!
drama_tic
Joplin set the standart for ragtime (ragged time) piano in his own time. Now we are listening to everyone from the greats of another century to our own "new" great rag piano artists. But no one will ever replace or compare to the great Scott Joplin. It is too bad he died so young while he still had so much music inside which will never be heard.
Well... he did compose Treemonisha. . . and I was more refering to jazz and other types of popular music. He did intend to compose a symphony, piano concerto, and a musical comedy after Treemonisha, but we'll never know what those would have sounded like.
I too am surprised there is no biographical information on Scott Joplin, where is it mentioned that he contributed to the opera at the turn of the 20th century?
Scott Joplin was introducted to me in the movie "The Sting". The rhythm immediately was a hit with us. I have loved his sound ever since - happy music!!
I am greatly surprised Joplin gets no biography on Pandora. He was the greatest ragtime composer of all time and had a subsequent influence on later musical genres in America.
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He was brilliant in the economy of his form, listen to the way the transitions flow into one another....
Speaking of which, Joplin needs a composer section for classical stations-- perhaps with some orchestrated versions of his rags?
The Sting=AWESOM E
I've been very much into Mozart & Bach all my life (that was my main reason for getting into Pandora) but a few days ago it struck me to bring u
Also Joplin has a heavy influence in Gershwin's music, and vice versa. Just listen and you'll hear it yourself.
Good to get in on this forum!