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| Genre/Form: | Biographies |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Haskins, James, 1941-2005. Scott Joplin. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1978 (OCoLC)639534405 |
| Named Person: | Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Haskins; Kathleen Benson |
| ISBN: | 038511155X 9780385111553 |
| OCLC Number: | 3631887 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xiii, 248 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The rediscovery of Scott Joplin -- Prelude -- Texarkana -- Itinerant pianist -- Sedalia -- St. Louis -- On the move again -- Treemonisha -- The last years. |
| Responsibility: | James Haskins, with Kathleen Benson. |
Abstract:
This is the story of Scott Joplin--the man behind Ragtime. From his post-Civil War childhood in Texarkana to his touring days in the honky-tonks of the old South, Joplin was ahead of his time. He sought recognition for ragtime as a black American art form during a time at which America was not yet prepared to honor the syncopated melodies of the bar-room and the brothel.
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