SCOTT JOPLIN

EARLY LIFE

• Born in 1868 in Linden,Texas
• American
• Grew up on the Texas-Arkansas border
• Taught himself how to play the piano as a kid

STARTING OF CAREER

• Noticed by a German music teacher named Julius Weiss
• Julius taught him classical European music
• During the 1880's he went to st.Lewis to study ragtime

1891 was when the first sign of his document was made.
Performed at fairs.
Performed at several clubs.

FIRST WORKS

• First songs were called "Please say you will"
• And "a picture of her face"
• Started writing rags with Scott Hayden and Arthur Marshall
• In 1898 published "original rags"

SUCCESSIONS

• In 1899 Scott created "The Maple Leaf Rag"
• Half a million copies were sold
• He created "the ragtime dance" which was performed at over 400 clubs.
• In 1901 and 1902 he wrote many more popular songs like The easy winners

LOWEST POINT

• 1903 Scott planed on taking a tour for his opera music
• Someone stole the box office receipt so his tour was cancelled
• He was unable to meet his payroll
• After his wife died he lost a ton of money from his failed opera

:Scott went to New York and started writing more operas
:in 1914 he wrote his last rag called"Magnetic rag" 2 years after the Titanic sank
In 1917 he died of tertiary syphilis
:was remembered as the king of rag music