With what type of music is Scott Joplin associated?
Scott Joplin (film) in a brothel. Joplin composes ragtime music. One day his "Maple Leaf Rag" is heard by John Stark, a publisher of sheet music in St. Louis. Stark is impressed, buys the rights to the composition and sells it, with Joplin sharing some of the profits. Joplin's new songs also achieve a great popularity. Chauvin is equally talented, but contracts syphilis and dies in his 20s. Joplin, meantime, becomes obsessed with composing more serious music, yet is continually thwarted in his attempt to write and publish an opera. Scott Joplin (film) Scott Joplin is a 1977 biographical film directed by Jeremy
Scott Joplin House State Historic Site house is not known. Based on its style, it is estimated to have been built around 1860, and is known to have been standing in 1874. It is a typical tenant rowhouse built in the city during this period. It is significant as the only known surviving residence associated with African-American composer Scott Joplin (c. 1867-1917). Joplin lived here from 1900 to 1903. While living here, he wrote what is perhaps his best-known piece, "The Entertainer," which earned new recognition for the composer, 56 years after his death, when it was used as theme music in the 1973 film, "The