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This toe-tapping picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz, is told through kaleidoscopic illustrations.
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From the award-winning writer of The Good House, The Living Blood, and more, Joplin's Ghost is a chilling tale of a star-in-the-making whose life goes haywire as she is haunted by the ghost of a long-dead music legend. When Phoenix Smalls was ten, she nearly died at her parents' jazz club when she was crushed by a turn-of-the-century piano. Now twenty-four, Phoenix is launching a career as an R & B singer. She's living the life young artists envy...
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As a member of the first generation of African Americans who were born just after the end of slavery, Scott Joplin faced a world of unique challenges. His musical family scraped out a living by sharecropping and cleaning houses-but Scott was exceptionally gifted, and his mother made sure he got piano lessons. Classically trained, he spent several years playing in churches and saloons. While for a time he wanted to compose classical music, he was drawn...
5) Scott Joplin
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Traces the life of the well-known ragtime pianist and composer who wrote over 500 pieces of music, including a ballet and two operas. Until Scott Joplin, ragtime music was regarded as low class and unrefined. His compositions--such as "Maple Leaf Rag"--Helped ragtime earn national prominence in the early 1900s, but it was not until the 1970s, that Joplin was award posthumously the Pulitzer Prize for his opera Treemonisha.
11) Scott Joplin
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Profiles the life and career of the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin.
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"This biography follows Joplin's life from the brothels and bars of St. Louis to the music mills of Tin Pan Alley as he introduced a syncopated, lively style to classical piano. Joplin's effect on popular music is closely identified with his era and the role of African Americans on the music scene of the United States"--Provided by publisher.
17) Scott Joplin
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"The fascinating story about the life of the ragtime great best known for his song, 'The Entertainer'. Joplin began his career touring as a piano player in bordellos around the country. When he is discovered during a piano competition by the famous music publisher John Stark, Joplin turns into an instant success, composing songs so popular that he becomes the first black composer to be allowed to play at the World's Fair. [It] recounts Joplin's determination...
18) Scott Joplin
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Meet the musicians volume 3
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Born in 1868 to former slaves, Scott Joplin grew up in the South where African Americans were denied basic civil rights. Despite these obstacles, he created a form of music that spread across America. Today, Joplin is considered one of America's greatest composers.
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