Maple Leaf Rag Maple Leaf Rag The "Maple Leaf Rag" (copyright registered on September 18, 1899) is an early ragtime musical composition for piano composed by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works, and became the model for ragtime compositions by subsequent composers. It is one of the most famous of all ragtime pieces. As a result Joplin was called the "King of Ragtime". The piece gave Joplin a steady if unspectacular income for the rest of his life. Despite ragtime's decline after Joplin's death in 1917, the "Maple Leaf Rag" continued to be recorded by many well-known artists. The ragtime
Maple Leaf, Seattle Public Schools district. Along with the two public elementary schools Maple Leaf is home to a handful of private schools. Although it would be considered outside of the current Maple Leaf neighborhoods boundaries, the Maple Leaf School opened in 1896 near Lake Washington. The Northgate Library, which is a branch of the Seattle Public Library system, is located on 10500 block of 5th Avenue, across from Northgate Mall. The library and the adjacent community center and park opened in July 2006. Maple Leaf, Seattle Maple Leaf is a mostly residential neighborhood located in northeast Seattle. The area that is now