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 ...

The Florida premiere of this work presented by Opera Orlando on May 16 through 18 at the Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater. Treemonisha is often considered America's first opera and features a tuneful score ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “Treemonisha” — brilliant, flawed and unfinished — is ripe for creative reimagining at a time when opera houses are looking to diversify the canon. By ...

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 ...

Discover the incredible story of Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime. From his groundbreaking "Maple Leaf Rag" to the posthumous recognition of his opera "Treemonisha," explore how Joplin shaped ...

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 ...

Scott Joplin was fond of naming pieces of music after various types of leaves. The maple, palm, fig and sycamore leaves all figure in Joplin's music — and so does the rose leaf. William Albright plays ...

(May 5, 1976) -- A special Pulitzer Prize was given posthumously Monday to America's "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin for the music he composed throughout his career. The award to the Texarkana native ...

Quick: What image comes to mind when you hear the word ragtime? Probably straw hats, lemonade and your kid trying to play “The Entertainer” on the piano. But in the 1890s and 1900s, the sound of the ...

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