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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The ragtime fool The ragtime fool Larry Karp After finding a journal kept by Scott Joplin, Brun Campbell hopes to persuade those in power in Sedalia, Mo. to set up a ragtime museum, but instead finds some extremely dangerous people have other i… OL15535177W
Scott Joplin Scott Joplin Janet Hubbard-Brown As the son of a former slave, a musical pioneer, and a posthumous winner of a Pulitzer Prize, composer Scott Joplin fought a lifelong campaign to have ragtime music accepted by the American public. T… OL17910310W
The King of Ragtime The King of Ragtime Larry Karp It's 1916, and time's running out for Scott Joplin. Before he dies, he wants to secure his place in history by writing a musical drama. When Irving Berlin flatly denies receiving the manuscript, Jopl… OL572802W
Scott Joplin and the age of ragtime Scott Joplin and the age of ragtime Ray Argyle "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 po… OL5796477W