ScottJoplinKing of Ragtime

Birth and Early LifeBorn in late 1860s

Place of Birth: Northeast Texas

• Started music education in Texarkana

• Taught by Julius Weiss

Musical Education

Musical Career

1891 Minstrel troupe Texarkana1893 cornet chicagoTaught Scott hayden and Arthur marshall

1898 Joplin composed two marches and a waltz.

1899 Published Maple Leaf Rag

Here Comes

the Bride

1901 Joplin Marries belle

Early Works

Sunflower Slow DragPeacherine Rag

The Easy WinnersCleopha

The Strenuous LifeA Breeze from Alabama

Elite SyncopationsThe Entertainer

The Ragtime Dance.

A Strenuous Life

SCOTT AND FREDDIEMet in Arkansas

Wrote The Chrysanthemum in her honor

Married after his previous marriage failed

Death of a beloved

Freddie died of pneumonia September 10, 1904

Treemonisha

Published opera in 1911

Never saw a full production

Later Life and Death

The Entertainer0:00- mezzo-forte,

allegro, theme 1 Instrument: piano

0:30- mezzo-forte, allegro, repetition of theme 1

0:40- mezzo-forte, allegro, theme 2

1:15- mezzo-forte, allegro, repetition of theme 2

1:38- mezzo-forte, allegro, repetition of theme 1

2:02- mezzo-forte, allegro, theme 3

2:30- mezzo-forte, allegro, continuation of theme 3

2:45- mezzo-forte, allegro, small segment of theme 2

3:00- mezzo-forte, allegro, variation of theme 3

3:40- mezzo-forte, allegro, continued variation of theme 3 and ending

Maple Leaf Rag

0:00- mezzo-forte, vivace, quick lead into theme 1

0:20- mezzo-forte, vivace, repetition of first 20 seconds

0:40- mezzo-forte, vivace, theme 2

0:55- mezzo-forte, vivace, repetition of theme 2

1:28- mezzo-forte, vivace, repetition of theme 2

1:38- mezzo-forte, vivace, theme 3

1:55- mezzo-forte, vivace, repetition of theme 3

2:20- mezzo-forte, vivace, theme 4

2:50- mezzo-forte, vivace, repetition of theme 4 and ending

Sugar Cane0:00- mezzo-forte, moderato, theme 1, up and down

0:35- mezzo-forte, moderato, theme 2

1:00- mezzo-forte, moderato, repetition of theme 2

1:00- mezzo-forte, moderato, repetition of theme 2

1:20- mezzo-forte, moderato, repetition of theme 1

1:30- mezzo-forte, moderato, repetition of theme 2

2:15- mezzo-forte, moderato, theme 3

2:40- mezzo-forte, moderato, repetition of theme 2 and ending

The Chrysanthemum

0:00- mezzo-piano, andante, theme 1

0:15- mezzo-piano, andante, repetition of first 15 seconds

0:50- mezzo-piano, andante, theme 2

1:10- mezzo-piano, andante, repetition of theme 2

1:35- mezzo-piano, andante, repetition of theme 1

1:55- mezzo-piano, andante, repetition of theme 2

2:10- mezzo-piano, andante, theme 3

2:25- mezzo-piano, andante, repetition of theme 1

2:50- mezzo-piano, andante, variation of theme 1

3:00- mezzo-piano, andante, repetition of variation of theme 1

3:20: mezzo-piano, andante, repetition of theme 1 and ending