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Scott Joplin (1867-1917)
Donald Macleod looks at the African-American composer, a pioneer of the ragtime style
First Broadcast1 Oct 2007
Latest Broadcast5 Oct 2007
Episodes5
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Episodes
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Composer of the Week
Joplin's final decade in New York saw him struggling for respect in a city of opportunity.
Oct 2007
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Composer of the Week
Joplin and ragtime were almost forgotten after his death but had a revival in the 1970s.
Oct 2007
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Composer of the Week
Joplin biographer Susan Curtis explains how the US economic crisis of 1893 helped ragtime.
Oct 2007
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Composer of the Week
How America's critics and musical establishment responded in mixed fashion to ragtime.
Oct 2007
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Composer of the Week
The roots of the music Joplin helped to define, with ragtime pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen.
Oct 2007