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Scott joplin for kids11/23/2023 Click here for the source of this image, along with the relevant copyright information. The image is free to use providing one credits the photographer. It was taken by the user Gerhard51 on Wikipedia. This is a photograph of the roll mechanism of a 1927 Welte-Mignon reproducing piano. Curtis has informed me that, as far as he knows, the image is in the public domain. This photograph was uploaded to the Find A Grave website by Curtis Jackson. Here is video of a piano roll recording of Scott Joplin playing some of his own music. His music became popular again in the 1970s-especially when ‘The Entertainer’ was used in the 1973 film ‘The Sting’.After Scott Joplin died, ragtime music was almost forgotten about as jazz became popular.In the end he died very disappointed with the failure of his operas. Scott Joplin tried very hard to make these operas popular, but didn’t succeed. He also composed two operas as well as some other classical music.And a kind local music teacher taught him for free. ![]() His father certainly didn’t want him to learn music. Most Black American children around the time Scott Joplin was born would not have had this chance. It sold over 75,000 copies in the first six months! The piece was named after the Maple Leaf Club where Scott Joplin used to play the piano.
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