Scott Joplin (1868-1917)

Overview

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:The webpage Ragtime Books lists a comprehensive list of books about ragtime.

Websites:
	Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation	A massive site dedicated to Scott Joplin.
	Midi World Classical Music	Midis for S. Joplin.
	Scott Joplin	Biography and list of works by "Perfessor" Bill Edwards

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Maple Leaf Rag (1908)	S. Joplin	Fred Van Eps	Indestructible Record: 823

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Antoinette (1906)		Sakae Watanabe
Augustan Club Waltzes (1901), The		Unknown
Bethena (1905)		Sakae Watanabe
Bink's Waltz (1905)		Colin MacDonald
Breeze From Alabama (1902), A		Sakae Watanabe
Cascades (1904), The		Sakae Watanabe
Chrysanthemum (1904), The		Sakae Watanabe
Cleopha (1902)		Sakae Watanabe
Combination March (1896)		Sakae Watanabe
Country Club (1909)		Colin D. McDonald
Crush Collision March (1896), The		Sakae Watanabe
Easy Winners (1901), The		Unknown
Elite Syncopations (1902)		Sakae Watanabe
Entertainer (1902), The		Warren Trachtman
Eugenia (1905-6)		Sakae Watanabe
⇑Euphonic Sounds (1909)		SMF
Favorite (1904), The		Unknown
Felicity Rag (1911)	S. Hayden	SMF
Fig Leaf Rag (1908)		Colin D. McDonald
Frolic of the Bears (1911)		Unknown
Gladiolus Rag (1907)		Unknown
Harmony Club Waltz (1896)		Colin D. McDonald
Heliotrope Bouquet (1907)	L. Chauvin	Sakae Watanabe
I Am Thinking of My Pickaninny Days (1901)		Unknown
Kismet Rag (1913)	S. Hayden	W.S.Trachtman
Leola (1905)		Unknown
Little Black Baby (1903)		Unknown
Magnetic Rag (1914)		Colin D. McDonald
Maple Leaf Rag (1899)		Unknown
Maple Leaf Rag - Song (1904)		Jonathan Parks
March Majestic (1902)		Sakae Watanabe
⇑Nonpareil (1907), The		SMF
Original Rags (1899)		SMF
Overture (1911)		Unknown
Palm Leaf Rag (1903)		SMF
Paragon Rag (1909)		SMF
Peacherine Rag (1901)		Unknown
Picture of Her Face, A (1895)		Unknown
Pine Apple Rag (1908)		Colin D. McDonald
Pleasant Moments (1909)		Unknown
Please Say You Will (1895)		Unknown
Prelude to Act 3 (1913)		Unknown
Ragtime Dance - Song (1902), The		James Pitt-Payne
Real Slow Drag (1911), A		Unknown
Reflection Rag (1917)		Warren Trachtrman
Rose Leaf Rag (1907)		SMF
Rosebud March (1905), The		Unknown
⇑Sarah Dear (1905)		Unknown
Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)		Unknown
Search-Light Rag (1907)		Colin D. McDonald
Silver Swan Rag (1971)		Unknown
Solace (1909)		Colin D. McDonald
Something Doing (1903)	S. Hayden	Unknown
Stoptime Rag (1910)		Unknown
Strenuous Life (1902), The		SMF
Sugar Cane (1908)		SMF
Sunflower Slow Drag (1901)	S. Hayden	Unknown
Superstition (1911)		Unknown
Swipesy (1900)	A. Marshall	Unknown
Sycamore (1904), The		Unknown
Wall Street Rag (1909)		SMF
Weeping Willow (1903)		Unknown

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Combination March (2012)	S. Joplin	Gerlüz
Gladiolus Rag (2017)	S. Joplin	Peter Bradley-Fulgoni
Harmony Club Waltz (2012)	S. Joplin	Gerlüz
Heliotrope Bouquet (2016)	S. Joplin	Constantin Stephan
Kismet Rag (2012)	S. Joplin	Tony Wilkenson
Magnetic Rag (2013)	S. Joplin	Constantin Stephan
Maple Leaf Rag (2014)	S. Joplin	Stefano Ligoratti
The Nonpareil (2012)	S. Joplin	Gerlüz
Paragon Rag (2012)	S. Joplin	Gerlüz
Peacherine Rag (2012)	S. Joplin	Gerlüz
⇑Pleasant Moments (2012)	S. Joplin	Gerlüz
Rose Leaf Rag (2012)	S. Joplin	Gerlüz
Scott Joplin's New Rag (2012)	S. Joplin	Gerlüz
Solace (2019)	S. Joplin	Mississippi College Piano Pedagogy
Wall Street Rag (2015)	S. Joplin	Constantin Stephan
Weeping Willow (2012)	S. Joplin	Gerlüz

Samples

	Title (Release Year)	Performers	Instruments


Augustan Club Waltzes (1901), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A+S/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Bethena (1905)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/B/GB(B)
Bink's Waltz (1905)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	S/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Breeze From Alabama (1902), A	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Cascades (1904), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Chrysanthemum (1904), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Cleopha (1902)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Combination March (1896)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/A/T/B/GB(B)
Crush Collision March (1896), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A+S/A/T/B/GB(B)
Easy Winners (1901), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Elite Syncopations (1902)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A+D/T/T/B/GB(B)
Entertainer (1902), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
⇑Favorite (1904), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Harmony Club Waltz (1896)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/A/T/T/B/B(GB)
Leola (1905)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Magnetic Rag (1914)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)
Maple Leaf Rag (1899)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D+B/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
March Majestic (1902)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Original Rags (1899)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D+T/A/T/B/GB(B)
Palm Leaf Rag (1903)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/A/T/B/GB(B)
Peacherine Rag (1901)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Real Slow Drag (1911), A	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Rosebud March (1905), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Something Doing (1903)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Stoptime Rag (1910)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Strenuous Life (1902), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Sunflower Slow Drag (1901)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/A/T/B/GB(B)
Swipesy (1900)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	T/T/T/B/GB(B)
Sycamore (1904), The	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Weeping Willow (1903)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.	A/T/T/B/GB(B)

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Africa in Scott Joplin's Music	Carol Lems-Dworkin
	Complete Piano Rags of Scott Joplin	David Jasen
	Dancing to a Black Man's Tune	Susan Curtis
	King of Ragtime	Edward A. Berlin
	Scott Joplin & the Age of Ragtime	Timothy Frew
	Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Era	Peter Gammond
	Scott Joplin the King of Ragtime	C. Ogbu Sabir
	Scott Joplin: A Life in Ragtime	Steven Otfinoski

CDs

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE001	Antoinette (1906) - March & Two Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE001C	Antoinette (1906) - March & Two Step T(A)/T/B, approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE002	The Augustan Club Waltzes (1901) A+S/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx 5½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE003	Bethena (1905) - A Concert Waltz A/T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 5½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE004	Bink's Waltz (1905) S/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx 4¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE005	A Breeze From Alabama (1902) - March and Two-Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx.4½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE006	The Cascades (1904) - A Rag D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.	out-of-print	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50
⇑DBE006D	The Cascades (1904) - A Rag D/A/T/B, approx. 3¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE007	The Chrysanthemum (1904) - An Afro-Intermezzo A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 5½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE008	Cleopha (1902) - March & Two Step D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE009	Combination March (1896) A/A/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE010	Country Club (1909) - Ragtime Two Step D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE011	The Crush Collision March (1896) A+S/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 5½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE012	The Easy Winners (1901) - A Ragtime Two Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE013	Elite Syncopations (1902) A+D/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
⇑DBE054	The Entertainer (1902) - A Rag TimeTwo Step A/T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 5½ mins.	out-of-print	€15.00	£12.50	$19.50
DBE014	Eugenia (1905-6) A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE050	Euphonic Sounds (1909) - A Syncopated Two Step D+S/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE015	The Favorite (1904) - A Ragtime Two-Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE016	Felicity Rag (1911) - A Ragtime Two Step A/T(A)/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 ½ mins.	out-of-print	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50
DBE055	Fig Leaf Rag (1908) - A High Class Rag D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE017	Frolic of the Bears (1911) - From Treemonisha No. 13 A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B), approx. 4½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE018	Gladiolus Rag (1907) D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4½ mins.	1-2 days
⇑DBE019	Harmony Club Waltz (1896) A/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 8½ mins.	out-of-print	€15.00	£12.50	$19.50
DBE052	Heliotrope Bouquet (1907) - A Slow Drag Two Step A/T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	out-of-print	€15.00	£12.50	$19.50
DBE020	Kismet Rag (1913) A(T)/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 4mins.	1-2 days
DBE021	Leola (1905) - Two-Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE023	Magnetic Rag (1914) A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B), approx. 6½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE024	Maple Leaf Rag (1899) D+B/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.	out-of-print	€15.00	£12.50	$19.50
DBE025	March Majestic (1902) - March & Two Step D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE026	The Nonpareil (1907) - A Rag &Two-Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4½ mins.	1-2 days
⇑DBE027	Original Rags (1899) D+T/A/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4¼ mins.	out-of-print	€15.00	£12.50	$19.50
DBE028	Palm Leaf Rag (1903) A/A/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4½ mins.	1-2 days
DBE029	Paragon Rag (1909) A/T/T+B/B/B/GB(B), approx. 4¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE030	Peacherine Rag (1901) A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE031	Pine Apple Rag (1908) A/T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins.	out-of-print	€15.00	£12.50	$19.50
DBE032	Pleasant Moments (1909) - Ragtime Waltz A/T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins.	1-2 days
DBE053	The Ragtime Dance (1906) - A Stop-Time Two Step D+B/A/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	out-of-print	€15.00	£12.50	$19.50
DBE033	A Real Slow Drag (1911) - From Treemonisha No. 27 D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 5 mins.	1-2 days
⇑DBE034	Reflection Rag (1917) - Syncopated Musings A/A/T/B/GB(B), approx. 5 mins.	1-2 days
DBE035	Rose Leaf Rag (1907) - A Ragtime Two Step A/T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 4. mins	1-2 days
DBE036	The Rosebud March (1905) A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE056	Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912) A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE037	Search-Light Rag (1907) A/A(T)/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4. mins	1-2 days
DBE040	Solace (1909) - A Mexican Serenade A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 5¼ mins.	out-of-print	€12.00	£10.00	$15.50
DBE041	Something Doing (1903) - A Ragtime Two Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx 4 mins.	1-2 days
DBE042	Stoptime Rag (1910) - Rag D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3. mins.	1-2 days
⇑DBE043	The Strenuous Life (1902) - A Ragtime Two Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE044	Sugar Cane (1908) - A Ragtime Two Step D/A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4 mins.	out-of-print	€15.00	£12.50	$19.50
DBE045	Sunflower Slow Drag (1901) - Rag Time Two Step A/A/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE046	Swipesy (1900) - Cake Walk T/T/T/B/GB(B), approx 4 ¾ mins.	1-2 days
DBE047	The Sycamore (1904) - A Concert Rag D/A/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3¼ mins.	1-2 days
DBE048	Wall Street Rag (1909) A/T+D/T/T+B/B/GB(B), approx. 4½ mins.	out-of-print	€15.00	£12.50	$19.50
DBE049	Weeping Willow (1903) - A Rag Time Two Step A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 4½ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


Antoinette (1906)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)
Antoinette (1906)	T(A)/T/B	Pub.
Augustan Club Waltzes (1901), The	A+S/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Bethena (1905)	A/T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Bink's Waltz (1905)	S/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Breeze From Alabama (1902), A	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Cascades (1904), The	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Cascades (1904), The	D/A/T/B	Pub.
Chrysanthemum (1904), The	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Cleopha (1902)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Combination March (1896)	A/A/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Country Club (1909)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Crush Collision March (1896), The	A+S/A/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Easy Winners (1901), The	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
⇑Easy Winners, The	D/A/Piano
Elite Syncopations (1902)	A+D/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Entertainer (1902), The	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Entertainer, The	S/D/A/A/T/T/B
Entertainer, The	D/A/T/B
Eugenia (1905-6)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Euphonic Sounds (1909)	D+S/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Favorite (1904), The	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Felicity Rag (1911)	A/T(A)/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Fig Leaf Rag	D/A/T/B
Fig Leaf Rag	D/A/T/B	Pub.
Fig Leaf Rag (1908)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Frolic of the Bears (1911)	A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Gladiolus Rag (1907)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Harmony Club Waltz (1896)	D/A/A/T/T/B/B(GB)	Pub.
⇑Heliotrope Bouquet	D/A+S/T/B	Pub.
Heliotrope Bouquet (1907)	A/T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Kismet Rag (1913)	A(T)/T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Leola (1905)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Magnetic Rag	D/A/A/T/B
Magnetic Rag (1914)	A/T/T/B+T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Maple Leaf Rag (1899)	D+B/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
March Majestic (1902)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
New Rag	D/A/T/B	Pub.
Nonpareil (1907), The	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Original Rags (1899)	D+T/A/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Palm Leaf Rag (1903)	A/A/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Paragon Rag (1909)	A/T/T+B/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Peacherine Rag (1901)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Pine Apple Rag (1908)	A/T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
⇑Pleasant Moments (1909)	A/T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Ragtime Dance	D/A/T/B	Pub.
Ragtime Dance (1906), The	D+B/A/T/T+B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Real Slow Drag (1911), A	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Reflection Rag (1917)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Rose Leaf Rag (1907)	A/T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Rosebud March (1905), The	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Search-Light Rag (1907)	A/A(T)/T/B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Solace (1909)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Something Doing (1903)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Stoptime Rag (1910)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Strenuous Life (1902), The	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Sugar Cane (1908)	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Sunflower Slow Drag (1901)	A/A/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
⇑Swipesy (1900)	T/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Sycamore (1904), The	D/A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Wall Street Rag (1909)	A/T+D/T/T+B/B/GB(B)	Pub.
Weeping Willow (1903)	A/T/T/B/GB(B)	Pub.

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Antoinette (1906)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Augustan Club Waltzes (1901), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Bethena (1905)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Bink's Waltz (1905)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Breeze From Alabama (1902), A	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Cascades (1904), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Cascades, The	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana
⇑Chrysanthemum (1904), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Chrysanthemum, The	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana	Pub.
Cleopha (1902)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Combination March (1896)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano
Country Club (1909)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Crush Collision March (1896), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Easy Winners (1901), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Easy Winners, The	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana
⇑Elite Syncopations (1902)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Entertainer (1902), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Entertainer, The	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana	Pub.
Eugenia (1905-6)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Euphonic Sounds (1909)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Favorite (1904), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Felicity Rag (1911)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Fig Leaf Rag (1908)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
⇑Gladiolus Rag	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana
Gladiolus Rag (1907)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Harmony Club Waltz (1896)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Heliotrope Bouquet (1907)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
I Am Thinking of My Pickaninny Days (1901)	S. Joplin (music) Henry Jackson (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Kismet Rag (1913)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Leola (1905)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Little Black Baby (1903)	S. Joplin (music) Louise Armstrong Bristol (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
⇑Magnetic Rag (1914)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Maple Leaf Rag	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana	Pub.
Maple Leaf Rag (1899)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Maple Leaf Rag - Song (1904)	S. Joplin (music) Sydney Brown (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
March Majestic (1902)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Nonpareil (1907), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Original Rags (1899)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Palm Leaf Rag	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana
⇑Palm Leaf Rag (1903)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Paragon Rag (1909)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Peacherine Rag (1901)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Picture of Her Face (1895), A	S. Joplin (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Picture of Her Face, A (1895)	S. Joplin (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Pine Apple Rag	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana
Pine Apple Rag (1908)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Pleasant Moments (1909)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
⇑Please Say You Will (1895)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Ragtime Dance (1906), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Ragtime Dance - Song (1902), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
Reflection Rag (1917)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Rose Leaf Rag	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana
Rose Leaf Rag (1907)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Rosebud March (1905), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Sarah Dear (1905)	S. Joplin (music) Henry Jackson (words) Williams & Stevens (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP Sheet Music Singer
⇑School of Ragtime (1908)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Scott Joplin's New Rag	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana	Pub.
Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Search-Light Rag (1907)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Silver Swan Rag (1971)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Solace (1909)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Something Doing (1903)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Stoptime Rag (1910)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
⇑Strenuous Life (1902), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Sugar Cane	S. Joplin (w&m)		Indiana	Pub.
Sugar Cane (1908)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Sunflower Slow Drag	S. Joplin (music) S. Hayden (coauth.)		Indiana	Pub.
Sunflower Slow Drag (1901)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Swipesy	S. Joplin (music) A. Marshall (coauth.)		Indiana	Pub.
Sycamore (1904), The	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Treemonisha (1911)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
⇑Wall Street Rag (1909)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
Weeping Willow (1903)	S. Joplin (music)	Piano	Ragtime Piano IMSLP
When Your Hair Is Like Snow (1907)	S. Joplin (music) Owen Spendthrift (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP

Sheet Music

Recorder Sheet Music Go to Brass Sheet Music

6 Ragtimes for Alto Recorder and Piano (A/Piano)

Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N02265)

The Easy Winners (A/Piano)

This edition: ED 12202-01.
Arr./Editor: Brian Bonsor
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49030307)

The Easy Winners (A/Piano)

This edition: ED 12202-02.
Arr./Editor: Brian Bonsor
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49030308)

Let's Rag... (D(A,T))

For soprano.(alto, tenor) recorder, accompaniment CD. 10 Rags for Sop. (Alto,Tenor) recorder (or Oboe). Includes accompaniment CD.
Arr./Editor: Heger, U
Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N03882)

Ragtimes (Flute(A)/Piano)

Arr./Editor: Heger
Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N03688)

Ragtimes (3) (A/Guit.)

Contains The Ragime Dance, Pine Apple Rag, and Original Rags.
Publisher: Albert J. Kunzelmann GmbH (GM1159a)

The Easy Winners (D/A/Piano)

Score and Parts. 20 pages.
This edition: ED 12202.
Arr./Editor: Bonsor, Brian
⇑Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49003027)

Scott Joplin: Ragtime Solos And Duets (D/D)

62 pages.
For C instrument duet (flute, recorder, oboe, violin, mandolin, harmonica).
Arr./Editor: Jerry Silverman Level: medium
Publisher: E.C. Schirmer Music Company (50462620)

Easy Ragtime Trios (D/D/D)

For 3 D (timpani) recorder (3 oboe).
Arr./Editor: Heger
Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N03683)

Easy Ragtime Trios (D/D/A)

Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N03713)

Easy Ragtime Trios for 3 Flutes or Alto Recorders (A/A/A)

Arr./Editor: Heger
Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N03677)

Ragtimes (D/A/T/B)

Set of Parts.
Set of parts: "The Entertainer," "New Rag," "Ragtime Dance," and "Fig Leaf Rag.".
Arr./Editor: Christa Sokoll
Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N03508)

Ragtimes (D/A/T/B)

Score.
Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N03507)

Scott Joplin Rags: Vol. 1 (D/Piano)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Dolce Edition (DOL0402)

Scott Joplin Rags: Vol. 2 (A/Piano)

Score and Parts.
11 Pieces: Felicity, Swipesy, ....
Publisher: Dolce Edition (DOL0405)

The Easy Winners (D/A/Piano)

Arr./Editor: Bonsor
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST12202)

Maple Leaf Rag (D/A/T/Piano)

Arr./Editor: Koclejda
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST12323)

Maple Leaf Rag (D/A/T/Piano)

24 pages. ISBN 9790220115257.
Set of Parts in Groups. This edition: ED 12323-01.
Arr./Editor: Koclejda, Pierre Level: 3
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49014878)

Pine Apple Rag (D/D/A/T/Piano/Guit.)

Arr./Editor: Christopher Gordon Level: Mid-level
Publisher: Cool Wind Music (CWM 2005)

Pine Apple Rag (D/A/T/B)

Score and Parts.
⇑Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00078)

Weeping Willow - A Ragtime Twostep (A/T/T/B/B/GB)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00169)

The Entertainer (S/D/A/A/T/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Hawthorns Music (HARA008)

Brass Sheet Music

The Entertainer (Cornet (Trumpet or Baritone))

Music book.
Arr./Editor: Forrest Buchtel Level: Grade 2.5.
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company

The Strenuous Life (Cornet (Trumpet or Baritone))

Music book.
Arr./Editor: Forrest Buchtel Level: Grade 2.5.
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company

The Strenuous Life (Trombone(Baritone))

Music book.
Arr./Editor: Forrest Buchtel Level: Grade 2.5.
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Pine Apple Rag (2 Trumpets/Horn/Trombone/Tuba)

Score and Parts ISBN M-50144-082-5.
Arr./Editor: Otto Hornek
Publisher: Brass Works Munich (HBQ-046)

Three Scott Joplin Rags (Brass Quintet)

Arr./Editor: Arthur Frackenpohl
Publisher: Edward B. Marks Music Company (HL.8396)

Scott Joplin Rags: Vol. 1 (D/Piano)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Dolce Edition (DOL0402)

Scott Joplin Rags: Vol. 2 (A/Piano)

Score and Parts.
11 Pieces: Felicity, Swipesy, ....
Publisher: Dolce Edition (DOL0405)

The Easy Winners (D/A/Piano)

Arr./Editor: Bonsor
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST12202)

Maple Leaf Rag (D/A/T/Piano)

Arr./Editor: Koclejda
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST12323)

Maple Leaf Rag (D/A/T/Piano)

24 pages. ISBN 9790220115257.
Set of Parts in Groups.
Arr./Editor: Koclejda, Pierre Level: 3
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49014878)

Pine Apple Rag (D/D/A/T/Piano/Guit.)

Arr./Editor: Christopher Gordon Level: Mid-level
Publisher: Cool Wind Music (CWM 2005)

Pine Apple Rag (D/A/T/B)

Score and Parts.
⇑Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00078)

Weeping Willow - A Ragtime Twostep (A/T/T/B/B/GB)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00169)

The Entertainer (S/D/A/A/T/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Hawthorns Music (HARA008)

SMP

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 76 works by Scott Joplin (1868-1917). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1895-1902

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Picture of Her Face, A (w&m)	1895
Please Say You Will (w&m)	1895
Combination March	1896	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Gerlüz (perf.)
Crush Collision March, The	1896	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Harmony Club Waltz	1896	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Gerlüz (perf.)	Pub.
Maple Leaf Rag	1899	William Albright (perf.) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Fred Van Eps (perf.) Sue Keller (perf.) Stefano Ligoratti (perf.) Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (perf.)
Original Rags	1899	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) arr. by Charles Neil Daniels
Swipesy	1900	Arthur Marshall (co-author) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Augustan Club Waltzes, The	1901	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Easy Winners, The	1901	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Joshua Rifkin (perf.)
I Am Thinking of My Pickaninny Days	1901	Henry Jackson (words)
⇑ Peacherine Rag	1901	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Gerlüz (perf.)	Pub.
Sunflower Slow Drag	1901	Scott Hayden (co-author) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Breeze From Alabama, A	1902	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Cleopha	1902	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Elite Syncopations	1902	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Entertainer - Song, The	1902	Herbert Chappell. (words)
Entertainer, The	1902	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Dorian Henry (perf.) Paul Newman (perf.) Robert Redford (perf.)	Pub.
March Majestic	1902	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Ragtime Dance - Song, The (w&m)	1902		Pub.

1902-1907

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Strenuous Life, The	1902	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Guest of Honour, A	1903	ragtime opera
Little Black Baby	1903	Louise Armstrong Bristol (words)
Palm Leaf Rag	1903	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Something Doing	1903	Scott Hayden (co-author) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Weeping Willow	1903	Mimi Blais (perf.) Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Gerlüz (perf.)	Pub.
Cascades, The	1904	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Chrysanthemum, The	1904	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Favorite, The	1904	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Maple Leaf Rag - Song	1904	Sydney Brown (words)	Pub.
Sycamore, The	1904	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
⇑ Bethena	1905	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Joshua Rifkin (perf.)
Bink's Waltz	1905	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Eugenia	1905		Pub.
Leola	1905	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Rosebud March, The	1905	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Sarah Dear	1905	Henry Jackson (words) Williams & Stevens (perf.)	Pub.
Antoinette	1906		Pub.
Ragtime Dance, The	1906		Pub.
Gladiolus Rag	1907	Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (perf.) Scott Kirby (perf.)

1907-1911

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Heliotrope Bouquet	1907	Louis Chauvin (co-author) Constantin Stephan (perf.)
Nonpareil, The	1907	Gerlüz (perf.)	Pub.
Rose Leaf Rag	1907	Gerlüz (perf.)
Search-Light Rag	1907
When Your Hair Is Like Snow	1907	Owen Spendthrift (words)
Fig Leaf Rag	1908		Pub.
Pine Apple Rag	1908
School of Ragtime	1908
Sugar Cane	1908		Pub.
Country Club	1909		Pub.
Euphonic Sounds	1909		Pub.
⇑ Paragon Rag	1909	Gerlüz (perf.)	Pub.
Pleasant Moments	1909	Gerlüz (perf.)	Pub.
Solace	1909	Janet Baker (perf.) Mark Birnbaum (perf.) Black Swan Classic Jazz Band (perf.) Mississippi College Piano Pedagogy (perf.)	Pub.
Wall Street Rag	1909	Constantin Stephan (perf.)	Pub.
Pine Apple Rag - Song	1910	Joe Snyder (words)	Pub.
Stoptime Rag	1910	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Joshua Rifkin (perf.)	Pub.
Aunt Dinah Has Blowed De Horn (w&m)	1911
Felicity Rag	1911	Scott Hayden (co-author)	Pub.
Finale to Act II	1911

1911-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Frolic of the Bears	1911	from Treemonisha
Overture	1911	From Treemonisha No. 1	Pub.
Real Slow Drag, A	1911	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)	Pub.
Superstition	1911	From Treemonisha No. 11	Pub.
Treemonisha	1911		Pub.
Scott Joplin's New Rag	1912	Gerlüz (perf.)
Kismet Rag	1913	Scott Hayden (co-author) Tony Wilkenson (perf.)
Prelude to Act 3	1913	from Treemonisha	Pub.
Magnetic Rag	1914	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.) Scott Kirby (perf.) Constantin Stephan (perf.)	Pub.
Reflection Rag	1917		Pub.
Oh You Tommy	1920
⇑ Silver Swan Rag	1971	Scott Joplin (perf.) attr.to Joplin from a piano roll
Best of Scott Joplin, The:	?
Scott Joplin Collected Piano Works	?
Scott Joplin Piano Rags	?
Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime	?

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


S. Joplin	Antoinette (2:28)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Joplin	Bethena (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Joplin	A Breeze From Alabama (3:53)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Joplin	The Chrysanthemum (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Joplin	Cleopha (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Joplin	Eugenia (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Joplin	Little Black Baby (0:00)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Joplin	The Favorite (3:09)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
S. Joplin	Oh You Tommy (1:30)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
⇑S. Joplin	The Easy Winners (3:30)	S. Joplin
S. Joplin	The Easy Winners (4.10)	Joshua Rifkin
S. Joplin	The Entertainer (3:52)	Guitar played by Dorian Henry
S. Joplin	The Entertainer (3:35)	S. Joplin
S. Joplin	Gladiolus Rag (4:28)	S. Kirby
S. Joplin	Magnetic Rag (5:17)	S. Kirby
S. Joplin	Maple Leaf (3:07)	W. Albright
S. Joplin	Maple Leaf Rag (3:10)	Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
S. Joplin	Maple Leaf Rag (4:01)	S. Keller
S. Joplin	Solace (3:42)	Janita Baker
⇑S. Joplin	Solace (3:01)	M. Birnbaum
S. Joplin	Solace (A Mexican Serenade) (4:21)	Black Swan Classic Jazz Band
S. Joplin	Weeping Willow (4:29)	M. Blais