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Scott Joplin

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EARLY

  • Self-taught on "white-owned" piano
  • First publish: "Treemonisha" (opera inspired by mother)
  • "Please Say You Will"
  • "A Picture of Her Face"
  • Traveled to St. Louis to perform
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"A GUEST OF HONOR"

  • Opera
  • Tour to Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, & Kansas
  • Receipts stolen.
  • Joplin lost everything and music was never recovered
  • Life went⬇️⬇️⬇️
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DEATH

  • Develops disease
  • Dies April 17, 1917

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