Scott Joplin The King of Ragtime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b08W9a2jVBM Ragtime Music One of the first genres of music to originate in the U.S. (in the Midwest) instead of Europe. Mainly piano music, started by musicians playing in saloons and brothels. Scott Joplin was a trained pianist and composed the most famous ragtime tunes such as “The Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer”. Ragtime led to Jazz, which would eventually replace it as the new popular genre of American music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih9sz_k-KZI
Scott Joplin - piano duel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDib9hmvrsQ Scott Joplin - piano duel This scene is from the movie Scott Joplin, which was made in 1977 about the composer’s life. It shows a “Piano Cutting Contest”, or duelling pianos - with the prize money of $100 for the best pianist. Though probably not historically accurate, in the movie the man who offers the prize money, John Stark, is who actually published Joplin’s incredibly popular “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899.