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Born into a musical family of railway laborers presumably in 1867 or 1868, Scott Joplin would go one to become the “King of Ragtime“ through his musical compositions and influence over America's newly syncopated fad dubbed as “Ragtime.“ Growing up in Texarkana, Texas by the 1880s, Joplin had begun developing his own musical taste with the help of local teachers and soon after had formed a vocal quartet named the Texas Medley Quartet and began teaching mandolin & guitar. Eventually leaving his railway job behind, he traveled throughout the Midwest where he settled down in Sedalia, Missouri in 1894. And from there, he had become a regular piano teacher instructing future ragtime composers such as Scott Hayden & Arthur Marshall, and a year later had begun publishing his own works. Although the exact circumstance of how Joplin's first major hit 'Maple Leaf Rag' came to be published, Joplin had eventually met the fairly-new music publisher John Stark in 1899 after running through several publishers in order to distribute his new composition. And on August 10th, 1899, Scott Joplin & John Stark had both sealed their destinies after signing a contract where Stark had purchased the piece for $50 with a $ royalty for each copy sold, proving to be a stable income for the rest of Joplin's career. *Biography is continued in the pinned comment below.* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Timestamps:* 0:00:00 - Please Say You Will (1895) 0:02:28 - A Picture of Her Face (1895) 0:05:50 - Great Crush Collision March (1896) 0:09:37 - Combination March (1896) 0:12:24 - Harmony Club Waltz (1896) 0:18:22 - Original Rags (1899) [Arr. by Charles L. Daniel] 0:22:06 - Maple Leaf Rag (1899) 0:24:55 - Swipesy Cakewalk (1900) [With Arthur Marshall] 0:28:24 - Peacherine Rag (1901) 0:31:21 - Sunflower Slow Drag (1901) [With Scott Hayden] 0:35:20 - Augustan Club Waltz (1901) 0:39:33 - I Am Thinking of My Pickaninny Days (1901) [Lyrics by Henry Jackson] 0:41:37 - The Easy Winners (1901) 0:44:59 - Cleopha: March & Two-Step (1902) 0:47:43 - A Breeze from Alabama (1902) 0:52:31 - Elite Syncopations (1902) 0:56:00 - The Entertainer (1902) 1:00:07 - March Majestic (1902) 1:02:58 - The Strenuous Life (1902) 1:06:50 - The Ragtime Dance [Song] (1902) 1:10:47 - Something Doing (1903) [With Scott Hayden] 1:14:00 - Weeping Willow (1903) 1:17:27 - Little Black Baby (1903) [Lyrics by Louise Bristol] 1:20:11 - Palm Leaf Rag (1903) 1:23:38 - Maple Leaf Rag [Song] (1904) [Lyrics by Sydney Brown] 1:25:17 - The Sycamore (1904) 1:28:36 - The Favorite (1904) 1:32:00 - The Cascades (1904) 1:35:10 - The Chrysanthemum (1904) 1:39:16 - Bethena (1905) 1:45:04 - Bink's Waltz (1905) 1:49:23 - Sarah Dear (1905) [Lyrics by Henry Jackson] 1:51:17 - Rosebud March (1905) 1:54:04 - Leola (1905) 1:57:43 - Eugenia (1906) 2:02:37 - The Ragtime Dance (1906) 2:06:14 - Antoinette (1906) 2:08:52 - Good-Bye Old Gal Good-Bye (1906) [Music by H. Carroll Taylor, lyrics by Mac Darden, arr. by Joplin] 2:10:59 - Snoring Sampson (1907) [Music & lyrics by Harry La Mertha, arr. by Joplin] 2:12:52 - Nonpareil (None to Equal) 2:16:22 - When Your Hair Is Like the Snow (1907) [Lyrics by Owen Spendthrift] 2:18:49 - Gladiolus Rag (1907) 2:22:47 - Searchlight Rag (1907) 2:26:31 - Rose Leaf Rag (1907) 2:30:59 - Heliotrope Bouquet (1907) [With Louis Chauvin] 2:35:22 - Fig Leaf Rag (1908) 2:39:41 - Sugar Cane (1908) 2:42:42 - Pine Apple Rag (1908) 2:46:00 - Pleasant Moments (1909) 2:49:05 - Wall Street Rag (1909) 2:53:04 - Solace: A Mexican Serenade (1909) 2:58:42 - Country Club (1909) 3:02:22 - Euphonic Sounds (1909) 3:05:54 - Paragon Rag (1909) 3:09:27 - Stoptime Rag (1910) 3:12:20 - Pine Apple Rag [Song] (1910) [Lyrics by Joe Snyder] 3:13:52 - Felicity Rag (1911) [With Scott Hayden] 3:17:10 - Lovin' Babe (1911) [Lyrics by Al. R. Turner, arr. by Joplin] 3:20:33 - Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912) 3:23:57 - Kismet Rag (1913) 3:27:29 - Silver Swan Rag (1914) 3:30:57 - Magnetic Rag (1914) 3:35:18 - Reflection Rag: Syncopated Musings (1917) 3:39:27 - School of Ragtime: 6 Exercises for Piano (1908) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music composed/arranged by Scott Joplin, Arthur Marshall, Scott Hayden, H. Carroll Taylor, Harry La Mertha & Louis Chauvin, performed by Guido Nielsen with his album “Scott Joplin: The Complete Works (Rags, Waltzes & Songs)“ & William Appling with his album “Scott Joplin: The Complete Rags, Waltzes & Marches.“ ℗ 2000 Basta Audio-Visuals Producer: Piet Schreuders Music Publisher: Basta Music Performer: Guido Nielsen ℗ 2017 William Appling Singers and Orchestra Distributor: CDBaby Performer: William Appling This video is solely for the purposes of compiling and sharing the music of Scott Joplin and in no way or means is being used for monetary purposes.
