Sheet Music, "Maple Leaf Rag" - Scott Joplin

 
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Sheet Music, "Maple Leaf Rag" - Scott Joplin
Sheet Music, "Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
Sheet Music, "Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

Sheet Music, "Maple Leaf Rag" - Scott Joplin

Object number1985.036.01
Date1899
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions13 13/16 x 10 in. (35.1 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionSheet Music, "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin. Cream background, green leaf with white letters, and red-colored lettering. "GEORGIA O. WARE." is and printed in ink along the top of the sheet music. Stamped at the bottom "For Sale by/ H.M. Wood,/ PARAGOULD, ARK."

    Scott Joplin (c.1867/1868-1917) was an American composer and pianist who was raised in Texarkana. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed “The King of Ragtime”. During his career, he wrote 44 original ragtime compositions including “Maple Leaf Rag”, one of ragtime’s most influential hits. Joplin’s death is widely considered to have marked the end of ragtime as a mainstream music format and, in 1976, Joplin was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
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