He was the King of Ragtime, the talented composer of The Maple Leaf Rag, which sold over. Maple Leaf Rag is still one of Scott Joplin’s most popular works. Scott Joplin ranks as one of Americas leading black composers. As the main melody is repeated near the end as the music moves back into the home key of Ab major, the hands unite for the final chords to create a bold conclusion. The frivolity of the work masks the serious concentration and dexterity required from the performer. The suspended melody line trickles down the scale as Joplin’s chromatic writing grows into fruition.
This athletic rag requires focused coordination for both hands to make sure each off-beat inflection and bass line motif meet and part at the right time. Joplin’s persistent use of seventh chords also creates that archetypal sound for a ragtime piece. This original edition sold poorly and four years later in 1906 a piano solo arrangement was created with its first. Although mentioned on page two the complete directions for all the steps of the 'Ragtime Dance' have not survived. The four sections of this rag create diversity in the melody and show the development of the bassline. Originally published in 1902 for piano with narration (words, music and dance instructions all by Joplin). Born in Texarkana, Texas on November 24, 1868. With Maple Leaf Rag Joplin writes bounding leaps for the bass line and off-beat melodies on the other hand. Scott Joplin, American composer and pianist, was one of the most important developers of ragtime music. The march-like style paired with the cakewalk-inspired melody creates the archetypal ragtime composition. The quick tempo and huge leaps for both hands makes this a difficult rag for any pianist. This quintessential rag brings together many aspects of a rag into one neatly packed piano work. It is often known as the most famous ragtime piece that has gone on to inspire a number of composers. It also set the standard for the Ragtime sub-genre Classical Ragtime, a phrase coined by one of Joplin’s primary music publishers, John Stark. Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag (1899) was the first piece of written music to sell 1 million copies. Maple Leaf Rag was one of Joplin’s earliest rags for the piano. Maple Leaf Rag (1899) Maple Leaf Rag, as played by Scott Joplin on a piano roll. A number of his piano rags and his opera Treemonisha have become some of the most recognisable music of the genre. It wasn’t until some ground-breaking recordings done in the 1970s that Joplin’s music found a new lease of life. Joplin’s music went out of fashion, with only a small number of ragtime aficionados keeping his music alive. After Joplin’s death in 1917, ragtime music came out of the ‘mainstream’ line and started to form into the likes of jazz, big band swing and the blues.
Scott Joplin is remembered for being one of the most memorable ragtime composers of the turn-of-the-century during his lifetime (1868-1917).
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