Joplin, Scott

In 1896 Joplin published his first work for piano, “Great Crush Collision March.” His first ragtime piece, “Original Rags,” was published three years later. Jop l in also studied at George Smith College, where he committed to paper a large number of his ragtime pieces. It was highly unusual at the time for popular “roots” music such as this to be written down or formally composed, rather than simply improvised, and Jop l in worked...