Maple Leaf Rag about the sales of the "Maple Leaf Rag", for example that 1 million copies of the sheet music were sold in the composer's lifetime, making Scott Joplin the first musician to sell 1 million copies of a piece of instrumental music. Joplin's first biographer Rudi Blesh wrote that during its first six months the piece sold 75,000 copies, and became "the first great instrumental sheet music hit in America". However, research by Joplin's later biographer Edward A. Berlin demonstrated that this was not the case; the initial print-run of 400 took one year to sell, and under the terms of
Dalian Maple Leaf International School Canada. There are other educational opportunities for the children of the foreign assignees living in Dalian: Dalian Maple Leaf International School Dalian Maple Leaf International School (大连枫叶外籍人员子女学校) is an educational system, located in Dalian, Liaoning Province, from the primary to middle and high school levels. It is affiliated to the educational system of British Columbia, Canada. Dalian Maple Leaf International School is an educational system, located in Dalian, Liaoning Province, from the primary to middle and high school levels. It is managed by Maple Leaf Educational Systems and Schools, with its headquarters in Dalian City. Outside China: The schools are: