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Scott Joplin  (1868-1917)

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, " Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist whose ragtime compositions for piano had revived a vogue in the 1970's; also composed operas "A Guest of Honour" (lost) and "Treemonisha" (not performed till 1972)". This is the terse entry for this man, the most illustrious of ragtime composers. It reflects practically nothing of the trials and tribulations, the achievements of this genius and the man's musical legacy.
Scot Joplin was born in Texarkana on the Texas side, his father, Giles Joplin, being a railway workman hailing from North Carolina. He was born a slave, freed in 1863, just five years before Joplin's birth. He was very musically minded, playing the violin and promoted the interest in music within his family. Joplin's mother, Florence Givens Joplin, was freeborn, raised in Kentucky, and in addition to raising five other children was a laundress, singer and banjo player. The young Scot Joplin's talents were such that his father, despite more pressing family demands, purchased a battered old piano. Julius Weiss, a local German music teacher, was an early benefactor giving free lessons in piano playing and harmony. After his mother's death, he left home at the age of fourteen to wander through Texas and Louisiana, up and down the Mississippi playing in unsavoury surroundings. He later studied music at the George Smith College, Sedalia and became famous as a pianist in Chicago and St Louis in the 1890s. During that period he became obsessed with and longed for recognition as a serious composer. He made ragtime a national craze in 1899 with his Maple Leaf Rag (1899). It was his publisher, John Stark who titled him King of Ragtime following this success. Joplin then continued to compose almost seventy works including the two operas named above. He died, a tragic figure, broken, exhausted in his failed operatic endeavours to launch Treemonisha. His work experienced a renaissance in the 1970s when his The Entertainer became widely known through the film "The Sting" and the efforts of Joshua Rifken in bringing ragtime music to the concert platforms and through his many recordings.
Personal note
Scott Joplin is a great inspiration to me. I have poured through his piano scores repeatedly, and, in more recent times, compared them with various midi files which can be accessed all over the Internet. Initially, I adapted just one of his works, The Augustan Club Waltzes (1901) for recorder sextet in 1998 but now (June 2002) have finally got round adapting his complete works as can be seen from the sheet music list below.
Further reading:This website lists a comprehensive list of books about ragtime
Complete List of Scott Joplin's works.

Sheet Music:

1. [§] Antoinette (1906), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
2. [§] Antoinette (1906), Tenor(Treble)/Tenor/Bass
3. [§] The Augustan Club Waltzes (1901), Treble+Sopranino/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
4. [§] Bethena (1905), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
5. [§] Bink's Waltz (1905), Sopranino/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
6. [§] A Breeze From Alabama (1902), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
7. [§] The Cascades (1904), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
8. [§] The Cascades (1904), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
9. [§] The Chrysanthemum (1904), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
10. [§] Cleopha (1902), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
11. [§] Combination March (1896), Treble/Treble/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
12. [§] Country Club (1909), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
13. [§] The Crush Collision March (1896), Treble+Sopranino/Treble/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
14. [§] The Easy Winners (1901), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
15. [§] The Easy Winners, Descant/Treble/Piano
16. [§] Elite Syncopations (1902), Treble+Descant/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
17. [§] The Entertainer (1902), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
18. [§] The Entertainer, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
19. [§] The Entertainer, Sopranino/Descant/Treble/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass
20. [§] Eugenia (1905-6), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
21. [§] Euphonic Sounds (1909), Descant+Sopranino/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
22. [§] The Favorite (1904), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
23. [§] Felicity Rag (1911), Treble/Tenor(Treble)/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
24. [§] Fig Leaf Rag, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
25. [§] Fig Leaf Rag, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
26. [§] Fig Leaf Rag (1908), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
27. [§] Frolic of the Bears (1911), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass+Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
28. [§] Gladiolus Rag (1907), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
29. [§] Harmony Club Waltz (1896), Descant/Treble/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass(Great Bass)
30. [§] Heliotrope Bouquet, Descant/Treble+Sopranino/Tenor/Bass
31. [§] Heliotrope Bouquet (1907), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
32. [§] Kismet Rag (1913), Treble(Tenor)/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
33. [§] Leola (1905), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
34. [§] Magnetic Rag, Descant/Treble/Treble/Tenor/Bass
35. [§] Magnetic Rag (1914), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass+Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
36. [§] Maple Leaf Rag (1899), Descant+Bass/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
37. [§] March Majestic (1902), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
38. [§] New Rag, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
39. [§] The Nonpareil (1907), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
40. [§] Original Rags (1899), Descant+Tenor/Treble/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
41. [§] Palm Leaf Rag (1903), Treble/Treble/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
42. [§] Paragon Rag (1909), Treble/Tenor/Tenor+Bass/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
43. [§] Peacherine Rag (1901), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
44. [§] Pine Apple Rag (1908), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
45. [§] Pleasant Moments (1909), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
46. [§] Ragtime Dance, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
47. [§] The Ragtime Dance (1906), Descant+Bass/Treble/Tenor/Tenor+Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
48. [§] A Real Slow Drag (1911), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
49. [§] Reflection Rag (1917), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
50. [§] Rose Leaf Rag (1907), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
51. [§] The Rosebud March (1905), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
52. [§] Scott Joplin Ragtimes, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
53. [§] Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
54. [§] Search-Light Rag (1907), Treble/Treble(Tenor)/Tenor/Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
55. [§] Solace (1909), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
56. [§] Something Doing (1903), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
57. [§] Stoptime Rag (1910), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
58. [§] The Strenuous Life (1902), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
59. [§] Sugar Cane (1908), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
60. [§] Sunflower Slow Drag (1901), Treble/Treble/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
61. [§] Swipesy (1900), Tenor/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
62. [§] The Sycamore (1904), Descant/Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
63. [§] Wall Street Rag (1909), Treble/Tenor+Descant/Tenor/Tenor+Bass/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)
64. [§] Weeping Willow (1903), Treble/Tenor/Tenor/Bass/Great Bass(Bass)

Recorder Music CDs:
 The Bremen Recorder Touring Company on "Farewell Recital, BRTC" 
 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble on "Recorder Ragtime: Scott Joplin Vol. 1" 
 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble on "Recorder Ragtime: Scott Joplin Vol. 2" 
 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble on "Recorder Ragtime: Scott Joplin Vol. 3" 
 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble on "Recorder Ragtime: Scott Joplin Vol. 4" 
 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble on "Recorder Ragtime: Curiosities" 
 Quartettino on "Recorder Memories: Quartettino" 
Ragtime Music CDs:
 William Albright on "Marches, Waltzes & Rags of Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 William Albright on "Ragtime Back to Back" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 American Ragtime Ensemble on "Ragtime Chamber Music" 
 John Arpin on "Best of Scott Joplin" 
 John Arpin on "Classics in the Park" 
 John Arpin on "The Complete Piano Music Of Scott Joplin" 
 John Arpin on "Joplin: The Greatest Hits" 
 John Arpin on "Kings of Ragtime" 
 John Arpin on "Ragtime Rarities: Scott Joplin" 
 Paul Asaro on "Parlor Piano Solos" 
 Janita Baker on "Blues & Ragtime" 
 Chris Barber on "Vol. 1-2 Band Box" 
 Carlos Barbosa-Lima on "Plays the Entertainer and Selected Works by Joplin" 
 Bell'Arte String Trio on "Joplin: The Entertainer" 
 Ton Van Bergeyk on "Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Boris Berman on "Ragtimes by the King of Ragtime Writers" 
 E. Power Biggs on "Super Hits: Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Mark Birnbaum on "Hot Piano! Ragtime Blues Jazz Classical Mark Birnbaum" 
 Paul Bisaccia on "Ragtime Lullabies" 
 Black Swan Classic Jazz Band on "Ragtime Revelry" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Mimi Blais on "Geraldine" 
 Mimi Blais on "Life is a dream" 
 Mimi Blais on "Once Upon a Rag Time" 
 Mimi Blais on "Ragtime" 
 Mimi Blais on "Taxi!" 
 Daniel Blumenthal on "Joplin: Rags and Waltzes" 
 William Bolcom on "Euphonic Sounds: The Scott Joplin Album" 
 William Bolcom on "Heliotrope Bouquet Piano Rags (1900-1970)" 
 William Bolcom on "Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Claude Bolling on "Original Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Claude Bolling on "Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Claude Bolling on "Ragtime Bolling & Boogie" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Claude Bolling on "Le Ragtime" 
 Jack Bradshaw on "Takes Two [Ragtime Piano Duos]" 
 Budapest Ragtime Band on "Caravan" 
 Budapest Ragtime Band on "Elite Syncopations" 
 Budapest Ragtime Band on "Funny Christmas" 
 Budapest Ragtime Band on "Grace and Beauty" 
 Budapest Ragtime Band on "Trubadur" 
 Joe "Fingers" Carr on "Honky Tonk Hits of Joe "Fingers" Carr" 
 Jo Ann Castle on "The Best of Jo Ann Castle" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Jo Ann Castle on "Jo Anne Castle - 22 Greatest Ragtime Hits: Vol. 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Jo Ann Castle on "Ragtime Piano Gal" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Alessandra Celletti on "Scott Joplin's Ragtimes" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Ann Charters on "Joplin Bouquet" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Giovanni de Chiaro on "Scott Joplin on Guitar" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Giovanni de Chiaro on "Scott Joplin on Guitar: Vol. 3" 
 Giovanni de Chiaro on "Scott Joplin on Guitar: Vol. 4" 
 Walter Chodack on "Ragtime (The Best of)" 
 Eddie Condon on "Eddie Condon 1947-1950" 
 Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band on "Preserves, Vol. 1" 
 Dave Dallwitz on "Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Dave Dallwitz on "Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. II" 
 Lise Daoust on "Rhythm 'n' Flute" 
 Bob Darch on "Burl Ives Presents "Ragtime" Bob Darch" 
 Paul Dean on "15 Ragtime Favorites" 
 Diabelli Trio on "Ragtime (Scott Joplin)" 
 Richard Dowling on "Rhapsody in Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Richard Dowling on "World's Greatest Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Phillip Dyson on "Entertainer: Music of Scott Joplin" 
 Roy Eaton on "Joplin: Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Roy Eaton on "Ragtime Classics Vol.1" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Championship Old-Time Piano IV" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Don't Jazz Me - I'm Ragtime!" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Patriot's Dreams" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Perfessor Bill Edwards Plays Honky Tonk Piano" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Quality Ragtime" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Rags of Grace and Beauty" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Rags of Peace and Plenty" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "A Ragtime Sampler" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Rhapsodies in Ragtime" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Strenuous Life" 
 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill" 
 Elite Syncopators on "American Sampler Rag" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Elite Syncopators on "Ragtime Special" 
 Evergreen Ragtime Trio on "It's a Rouser" 
 Firehouse Stompers on "Leaving Our Mark" 
 Jim Freund on "A Salute to Ragtime" 
 Marco Fumo on "Last Time Rag: Joplin - Morton et al" 
 The Great American Main St. Band on "Silks & Rags" 
 Richard Glazier on "Collected Piano Works: Vol. 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Meg Graf on "Eatin' Time -- A Ragtime Feast" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Meg Graf on "Joplin: Ragtimes" 
 Audley Green on "Spirituals and Rags" 
 Tom Hazelton on "Ragtime's Greatest Hits" 
 Paul Hersh on "The Great Ragtime Classics" 
 Dick Hyman on "1899-1904 Scott Joplin: Piano Works" 
 James P. Johnson on "The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 James P. Johnson on "James P. Johnson & Coleman Hawkins" 
 James P. Johnson on "James P. Johnson 1944" 
 James P. Johnson on "James P. Johnson 1945-47" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 James P. Johnson on "The Original James P. Johnson 1942-1945" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 James P. Johnson on "Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Jazzou Jones on "Riverboat Ragtime: Then and Now" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Jazzou Jones on "Hilarity" 
 Scott Joplin on "16 Classic Rags" 
 Scott Joplin on "The All-Time Ragtimer" 
 Scott Joplin on "The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Joplin on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin Vol. 1" 
 Scott Joplin on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin Vol. 1-5" 
 Scott Joplin on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin Vol. 2" 
 Scott Joplin on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin Vol. 3" 
 Scott Joplin on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin Vol. 4" 
 Scott Joplin on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin Vol. 5" 
 Scott Joplin on "The Easy Winners" 
 Scott Joplin on "Entertainer" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Joplin on "The Entertainer" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Joplin on "The Entertainer" 
 Scott Joplin on "Entertainer: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Joplin on "The Genius of Scott Joplin" 
 Scott Joplin on "Gold Collection" 
 Scott Joplin on "Joplin - Ragtimes - Svyatkin / Dzhoplin - Regtajmy - Aleksandr Svyatkin" 
 Scott Joplin on "Joplin's Greatest Hits" 
 Scott Joplin on "Lifescapes Ragtime the Music of Scott Joplin" 
 Scott Joplin on "The Original Piano Rolls 1899-1916" 
 Scott Joplin on "Original Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Joplin on "The Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Joplin on "Piano Works" 
 Scott Joplin on "Ragtime Piano Roll" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Joplin on "Ragtime: The Music of Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Joplin on "Scott Joplin - His Greatest Hits" 
 Scott Joplin on "Scott Joplin: Classic Gold" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Joplin on "Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Writers" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Sue Keller on "I Got What It Takes" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Sue Keller on "Kellerized" 
 Sue Keller on "Live in Kalamazoo" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Sue Keller on "Nola" 
 Sue Keller on "Ol' Muddy" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Sue Keller on "Rag Time Sue" 
 Sue Keller on "Ragtime Reflections" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Kirby on "Bucktown in the 90's" 
 Scott Kirby on "Centennial Sampler: Vol. 1" 
 Scott Kirby on "The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin: Vol. 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Kirby on "The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin: Vol. 2" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Scott Kirby on "The Complete Scott Joplin: Vol. 1" 
 Scott Kirby on "The Complete Scott Joplin: Vol. 2" 
 Scott Kirby on "The Complete Scott Joplin: Vol. 3" 
 Scott Kirby on "The Complete Scott Joplin: Vol. 4" 
 Scott Kirby on "Scott Joplin's Rag Time" 
 Willie Knox on "Ragtime Piano" 
 David Laibman on "Ragtime Guitar" 
 Larry Lansburgh on "Larry Lansburgh: Solo Guitar - Flamenco/Classical/Ragtime" 
 Noel Lester on "Syncopated Sensations" 
 James Levine on "James Levine Plays Scott Joplin" 
 James Levine on "Scott Joplin: Greatest Hits" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Big Tiny Little on "Golden Piano Hits" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Ric Louchard on "Ragtime Romp: Music of Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Johnny Maddox on "Red Hot Ragtime Volume 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Lincoln Mayorga on "On Tour" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Rod Miller on "Rod Miller Ragtime" 
 Various Artists on "100 Favorite Patriotic Songs" 
 Various Artists on "1904 St. Louis World's Fair: Meet Me At The Fair" 
 Various Artists on "America the Beautiful" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "American Piano Classics" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "An American Picnic" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "American Roots Music: Ragtime" 
 Various Artists on "Best of Scott Joplin" 
 Various Artists on "Best of Scott Joplin: 50 Ragtime Favorites" 
 Various Artists on "Best of the Boston Pops: 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection" 
 Various Artists on "Black & Proud" 
 Various Artists on "Cakewalks, Rags & Blues - Military Style" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997" 
 Various Artists on "Classic Ragtime: Roots and Offshoots" 
 Various Artists on "Classical Treasures: Maple Leaf Rag" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "The Easy Winners and Other Rag Time Music of Scott Joplin" 
 Various Artists on "The Elite Syncopations: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "The Entertainer" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "The Entertainer: The Music of Scott Joplin Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "The Entertainer: The Ragtime Music of Scott Joplin & George Gershwin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Fingerpicking Guitar Delights" 
 Various Artists on "Gold Collection" 
 Various Artists on "Great American Piano II: Vol. 8" 
 Various Artists on "The Greatest Jazz, Blues and Ragtime of the Century" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "The Greatest Ragtime of the Century" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Honky Tonk Piano" 
 Various Artists on "The Instrumental History of Jazz" 
 Various Artists on "Orion-New Ragtime Guitar" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Joplin: Rags & Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "King of Ragtime" 
 Various Artists on "Kings of Ragtime" 
 Various Artists on "Life Is Good Sometimes" 
 Various Artists on "New Orleans Jazz" 
 Various Artists on "Original Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Original Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Piano Music In America 1900-1945" 
 Various Artists on "Piano Rags of Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Pianola Jazz: Early Piano Jazz & Ragtime Played on Pianola Rolls" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Quatuor De Contrebasses De Bruxelles" 
 Various Artists on "Rags to Rhythms" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime 1900-1930" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime Guitar: Ten Classic Rags" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime in Vienna" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime Masters Series: Scott Joplin" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime Memories" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime's Greatest Hits" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime, Vol. 1: 1897-1919" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Ragtime/Paganini: 24 Caprices" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Ragtime: The Complete Works Of Scott Joplin Disc 2" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime: The Entertainer Scott Joplin" 
 Various Artists on "Ragtime: The World's Greatest Ragtime Album" 
 Various Artists on "Rhapsody in Blue" 
 Various Artists on "Rhapsody in Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "The Riverside History of Classic Jazz" 
 Various Artists on "S. Joplin; G. Gershwin; I. Berlin; P. Whiteman" 
 Various Artists on "Scott Joplin and the Age of Ragtime" 
 Various Artists on "Scott Joplin's Ragtime" 
 Various Artists on "Scott Joplin, Elite Syncopations, Classic Ragtime From Rare Piano Rolls" 
 Various Artists on "Shine on Harvest Moon" 
 Various Artists on "Spaghetti Rag: Rag Music with Mandolins" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "Spirit of Ragtime" 
 Various Artists on "Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Various Artists on "The Traditional Jazz Ragtime Collection" 
 Various Artists on "The Very Best of Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime 1868-1917" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Max Morath on "The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Max Morath on "Living a Ragtime Life" 
 Max Morath on "Presenting That Celebrated Maestro" 
 Max Morath on "The Ragtime Man" 
 Max Morath on "The World of Scott Joplin Vol. 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Max Morath on "The World of Scott Joplin Vol. 2" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Jelly Roll Morton on "The Chronological Jelly Morton (1930-1939)" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Peter Muir on "Spontaneous Ragtime" 
 New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensembl on "Scott Joplin - The Red Back Book" 
 New England Ragtime Ensemble on "The Art of Scott Joplin" 
 New England Ragtime Ensemble on "The Art of the Rag" 
 New England Ragtime Ensemble on "Grierson, New England Ragtime Conservatory Joplin: The Red Back Book / Schuller" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Guido Nielsen on "Complete Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Guido Nielsen on "Kitten on the Keys" 
 New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra on "Creole Belles" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra on "Grace and Beauty" 
 New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra on "New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra" 
 Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra on "1995 U.S Tour in New Orleans" 
 Lisa Otey on "Kitten on the Keys" 
 Knuckles O'Toole on "Knuckles O'Toole: Plays Honky Tonk Piano" 
 Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on "Knockout Drops" 
 Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on "On The Boardwalk" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on "The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (finally) Plays "The Entertainer"" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on "That Demon Rag!" 
 Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on "The Whistler and His Dog" 
 Tony Parenti on "Ragtime Jubilee" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Itzhak Parlman on "Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners; Itzhak Perlman & Andre Previn" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Alexander Peskanov on "Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Miguel Pineda-Van Gelder on "A Ragtime Feast: Forgotten Rags No. 2: Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Miguel Pineda-Van Gelder on "A Ragtime Feast: Forgotten Rags No. 2: Scott Joplin" 
 Michael Pollock on "Ragtime Michael Tickles the Ivories" 
 Pickles and Peaches Ragtime Orchestra on "Picnics" 
 Pittsburgh Piano Trio on "Encore! Encore!" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Ralph Press on "The Great American Ragtime Revival/with Sound Effects" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Ratzkowski/Thomsen Duo on "Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
  Joshua Rifkin on "Joplin: Digital Ragtime" 
  Joshua Rifkin on "Piano Rags by Scott Joplin: Vol. 1" 
  Joshua Rifkin on "Piano Rags by Scott Joplin: Vol. 2" 
  Joshua Rifkin on "Ragtime: Music of Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
  Joshua Rifkin on "Scott Joplin: Piano Rags" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 John Roache on "Syncopated Odyssey" 
 David Thomas Roberts on "Scott Joplin: The Complete Piano Music: Vol. 1" 
 Marcus Roberts on "If I Could Be With You" 
 Marcus Roberts on "The Joy of Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 William Neil Roberts on "Scott Joplin Ragtime Harpsichord" 
 William Neil Roberts on "Scott Joplin Ragtime Harpsichord Volume 2" 
 Reginald R. Robinson on "Euphonic Sounds" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Reginald R. Robinson on "Sounds in Silhouette" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Reginald R. Robinson on "The Strongman" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Wally Rose on "Rags Blues Joys" 
 Wally Rose on "Ragtime Classics" 
 Royal City Saxophone Quartet on "Ragtime for Rent" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Hedi Salanki on "Scott Joplin: 11 Rags on Harpsichord" 
 The Skirtlifters on "A Ragtime Episode" 
 Gary Smart on "American Beauty: A Ragtime Bouquet" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Squeek Steele on "Ragtime Volume One" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 St. Louis Ragtimers on "Full Steam Ahead and Loaded Up!" 
 St. Louis Ragtimers on "The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 1" 
 St. Louis Ragtimers on " The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 4" 
 St. Louis Ragtimers on " The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 5" 
 Robert Strickland on "Piano: The Greatest Hits" 
 Robert Strickland on "Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin" 
 Fred Sturm on "American Rags, Brazilian Tangos, Afrocuban Dances" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Styliani on "Dizzy Fingers" 
 Adam Swanson on "Chestnut St. in the 90s" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Symphonic Winds on "Ragging the Baby to Sleep" 
 Ed Teja on "Union City Blues" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Butch Thompson on "At First Light" 
 Butch Thompson on "Butch Thompson Plays Jelly Roll Morton Piano Solos" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Butch Thompson on "The Butch Thompson Trio Plays Favorites" 
 Butch Thompson on "Minnesota Wonder 88's" 
 Butch Thompson on "Thompson Plays Scott Joplin" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Charles Thompson on "The Neglected Professor" 
 Trebor Jay Tichenor on "Ragtime Reunion" 
 Trebor Jay Tichenor on "The Tichenor Family Trio" 
 Trebor Jay Tichenor on "Virginia's Favorites" 
 Dave Tucker on "Tickled Ragtime & Novelties" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Craig Ventresco on "The Past Is Yet To Come" 
 Terry Waldo on "Ragtime Classics Vol. 1" 
 Terry Waldo on "Ragtime Classics Vol. 2" 
 Brent Watkins on "The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Brent Watkins on "The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 2" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Ron Weatherburn on "Ragtime Piano and Beyond" 
 Lightnin' Wells on "Ragtime Millionaire" 
 Dick Wellstood on "Dick Wellstood Plays Ragtime Music of the Sting" 
 Dick Wellstood on "Ragtime Piano Favorites" 
 Jerry White on "Jerry White's Select Songs / Ragtime Stride Piano Jazz" 
 Bryan Wright on "Syncopated Musings: Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Richard Zimmerman on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin: Vol. 1" 
 Richard Zimmerman on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin: Vol. 1-5" 
 Richard Zimmerman on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin: Vol. 2" 
 Richard Zimmerman on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin: Vol. 3" 
 Richard Zimmerman on "The Complete Works of Scott Joplin: Vol. 4" 
 Richard Zimmerman on "It's Ragtime" 
 Richard Zimmerman on "Ragtime Favorites - Richard Zimmerman" 
 Richard Zimmerman on "The Roots of Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Richard Zimmerman on "Scott Joplin's Greatest Hits" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Richard Zimmerman on "Scott Joplin: His Complete Works" 
 Richard Zimmerman on "Scott Joplin: The Entertainer" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Richard Zimmerman on "Scott Joplin: The Entertainer featuring his Greatest Hits" 
Brass Music CDs:
 Avatar Brass Quintet on "Magnetic Rags: Ragtime for Brass" 
 Canadian Brass on "The Canadian Brass Encore" 
 Canadian Brass on "Pachebel to Joplin" 
 Canadian Brass on "Ragtime!" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Canadian Brass on "Red Hot Jazz: The Dixieland..." 
 Canadian Brass on "Royal Fanfare" 
 Eastern Brass Quintet on "Ragtime" 
 Harmonic Brass Munich on "Collage" 
 Harmonic Brass Munich on "There's a man" 
 Various Ensembles on "The Greatest Brass Collection" 
 Philip Jones Brass Ensemble on "Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - Lollipops" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Philip Jones Brass Ensemble on "Philip Jones Brass Ensemble: Greatest Hits"