Scott Joplin facts
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The lyric version of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is one if the first examples of rap music, due to the usage of African-American Vernacular and the non-melodious, almost spoken lyrics.
how did scott joplin die?
Scott Joplin's recordings of Maple Leaf Rag were "...shocking...disorganized and completely distressing to hear" because he may have been experiencing discoordination of the fingers, tremors, and an inability to speak clearly as a result of having syphilis, which eventually took his life.
What is scott joplin famous for?
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what did scott joplin die of?
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Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" has lyrics to it
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Ragtime composer Scott Joplin wrote an opera about Booker T. Washington's visit to the White House to meet with Theodore Roosevelt. During one of the performances someone stole the receipts and the score was confiscated as payment, and it has since been lost.
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The theme that plays at the end of the original Super Mario Bros. after saving the Princess sounds very similar to Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"
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Scott Joplin was known as “The King of Ragtime”.
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Linden, TX is a very tiny town of less than 2000 people. Yet it's the birthplace of influential musicians Scott Joplin, T-Bone Walker AND Don Henley
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There were two popular ragtime musicians in Sedalia, Missouri named Scott - Joplin and Hayden. Hayden's widowed sister-in-law lived with and eventually married Joplin. A second Scott Hayden, with no musical career, lived just four blocks north of the ragtime Scott Hayden.
