![]() ![]() He spent the next 8 years attempting to find a publisher for and later, self-publish his new planned opera, which met with critical failure. Joplin would go on to produce more prolific works, including 1904’s “Bethena” and ran an opera company of 30 people before he moved to New York City in 1907, recently made widower by his second wife in September of 1904. By 1903, Joplin was already showing early signs of syphilis. Louis, where he would compose “The Entertainer” in 1902, along with many of his other famous works such as “march Majestic” and “the Ragtime Dance”. Though initial sales were slow (Joplin made only $4 in profit the first year), by 1909, estimated sales would have earned Joplin an annual $600, which adjusted to current prices would be $16,968. The Maple Leaf Rag served as a model for hundreds of rags from future composers for years to come. ![]() The resulting publication has become known as the “Maple Leaf Rag”. Stark agreed to publish Joplin’s new ‘rag’ on a 1% royalty basis with a minimum sales price of 25 cents, on the stipulation that the inscription “To The Maple Leaf Club” be visible on the top of at least some editions. Joplin had difficulty finding a publisher for his second work, until he signed a contract with John Stillweell Stark, a retailer of musical instruments and member of the local ‘Maple Leaf Club’, a gentleman’s club. In a time when the only methods of selling music were live concerts and publishing sheet music, Joplin was ahead of the curve enough that his first published ‘rag’, “Orignal Rags” was completed in 1897, the same year as the first ragtime work appeared in print. The World’s Fair was attended by 17 million, and is largely credited with spreading the popularity of ragtime.īy 1897, ragtime was a national craze, and Joplin quit his job as a railway laborer to move to Sedalia, Missouri, where he made his living as a piano teacher, teaching piano to future ragtime composers Arthur Marshall, Scott Hayden, and Brun Campbell. Though black involvement was minimalized by the organizers of the World’s Fair, Joplin’s band was immensely popular in saloons, cafes, and brothels. In 1893, Joplin formed a band in which he played cornet at the World’s Fair in Chicago. During his career as a composer, he wrote over 40 original ragtime compositions, including “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer”, possibly the two most famous ragtime pieces in existence, as well as one ragtime ballet and two operas.īorn in 1868 to a musical family of railway laborers in Texarkana, Arkansas, he grew up there and Texarkana, Texas, where he formed a vocal quartet and taught mandolin and guitar. Scott Joplin (1868-1917) was a composer and pianist known as the “King of Ragtime” for his famous ragtime compositions. ![]()
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