Were it not for ragtime composer Scott Joplin, Tom McDermott may not have evolved into one of New Orleans’ most respected pianists. Growing up in St. Louis, McDermott had, by age 14, spent seven years ...

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There was a time when pianist Tom McDermott downplayed his affinity for ragtime composer Scott Joplin. For years, ragtime suffered from an image problem, a hokey stereotype of straw hats and Shakey’s ...

When Scott Joplin’s father left the North Carolina plantation where he had been born a slave, there was one thing he wanted to hold on to: the echoes of the Negro spirituals he had heard in the fields ...

In the early 1880s, a young African American boy in Texarkana named Scott Joplin was trained in the fundamentals of classical music and opera by his German-born teacher. Born near Linden, Joplin was ...

Ragtime and opera joined hands and danced together in the most joyous fashion at Stern Grove on Sunday afternoon, with a vigorous and utterly charming performance of Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha." The ...

An annual summer music festival is set to return to Sedalia in 2025 as it honors the more than half-century-old legacy of ...

Scott Joplin was once among America's most popular songwriters. The son of a former slave, the composer's Ragtime music swept the nation more than 100 years ago. Joplin's house in St. Louis is thought ...