![]() ![]() He also met another ragtime composer James Scott, and introduced him to his own publisher. In addition to Arthur Marshall whom we mentioned earlier, he also co-composed some rags with Scott Hayden. He had a number of associates, students and acquaintances who he helped or encouraged in various ways, sometimes co-writing projects. ![]() In addition to writing his own music, Joplin spent some of his time passing on his experience to other composers. Joplin then went on to write a large number of piano rags over the next few years. This was the real turning point in his career, becoming an instant hit, and enabling Joplin to sell much more in this new medium which had suddenly left the seedy bars and become respectable. It was in 1898 that Joplin sold his first rag called "Original Rags" and soon afterwards he found a publisher, John Stark, for his The Maple Leaf Rag. Like many other ragtime composers, his main trade was playing piano in honky-tonk bars and clubs. He also met Arthur Marshall (with whom he was later to co-write the Swipesy Cakewalk), stayed with his family for a time, and the pair attended higher musical education classes. Louis for a number of years, playing the cornet in a band and forming his own vocal group with his brothers for which he started writing songs. The areas he worked in were the cradle of music where cultures met and mixed, and musical styles combined and expanded. ![]() Joplin left home while still a teenager and worked as a pianist in the Southern States learning many of his skills on the job. Like many accomplished musicians, he started early learning the piano from age 7, and was taken onboard by a music teacher who helped to broaden his musical education. Scott Joplin (1868-1917) - Ragtime Composerīorn in Texas in 1868, Scott Joplin was one of the originators of the new Ragtime music and certainly the best-known of such composers. ![]()
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