The King of Ragtime was diagnosed with dementia, and died in a New York psychiatric ward on April 1, 1917. Joplin remarried, but tragedy struch again in the form of syphilis. It contained some of his best music, but his efforts to have it staged were unsuccessful. He produced "Wall Street Rag" and "Paragon Rag" in 1909, and published the opera "Treemonisha" in 1911. Joplin relocated to New York City, where he published a study guide called "School of Ragtime" in 1908. Joplin’s first child died in infancy, and his wife died a short time later. The phonograph and the player piano reduced the market for sheet music sharply by 1906. He wrote a folk ballet called "The Ragtime Dance" in 1902, and an opera entitled "A Guest of Honor" in 1903, but neither work was performed widely. More ragtime hits followed in 19, but Joplin attempted to establish himself as a composer of larger-scale works as well. Joplin was given the nickname "King of Ragtime" by his agent. Stark became Joplin’s agent and they moved to St. More than half a million copies were sold by 1909. Business was slow until he sold "Maple Leaf Rag" to John Stark, a white businessman. Smith College for Negroes, and began selling sheet music of his compositions. Joplin met and married Belle Jones, studied composition at the George R. The two men settled in Sedalia, Missouri in 1894. At the Exposition Joplin met other accomplished pianists, including Otis Saunders, who became his friend and partner. He was a skilled pianist by then, but African Americans were not allowed to participate in the official program of concerts. Joplin played on the periphery of the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. He is believed to have made a living as an itinerant pianist working in bars and brothels. Joplin was still a teenager when he left home. When Scott was 11 he learned the basics of music theory from a local musician with classical training. Both of their parents played instruments. Scott and his five siblings were raised in a musical environment. Eventually, his father bought a used piano from his earnings as a railroad worker. There Scott’s mother worked as a domestic servant for a family with a piano, and young Scott was allowed to play it. In the mid-1870s, the family moved to Texarkana, Arkansas. His father was a former slave and his mother was born free. Scott Joplin was born in East Texas, USA, between 1 june 1867 and mid-January 1868. Scott Joplin considered his most important work to be the opera "Treemonisha" beautifully recorded by Deutsche Grammophon by Gunther Schuller and the Houston Grand Opera in the late 1970’s. All of these piano rags were beautifully and idiomatically recorded in 19 by Joshua Rifkin on Nonesuch. Other piano rags are Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer, The Ragtime Dance, Gladiolas Rag, Fig Leaf Rag, Euphonic Sounds, Scott Joplin’s New Rag, Magnetic Rag, Elite Syncopations, Eugenia, Leola, Rose Leaf Rag - A Rag Time Two-Step, Bethena - A Concert Waltz, Paragon Rag, Solace - A Mexican Serenade, and Pineapple Rag. These are orchestral versions of the piano rags and were recorded for this first time in 1973 by Gunther Schuller and the New England Ragtime Ensemble on Angel (EMI) in 1973, in an album called "The Red Back Book". Compositions include: The Cascades, Sun Flower Slow Drag, The Chrysanthemum, The Entertainer (used in film "The Sting" with Paul Newman & Robert Redford) The Rag Time Dance, Sugar Cane, The Easy Winners, Maple Leaf Rag.
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