That piece, “Maple Leaf Rag,” crowned Scott Joplin the “King of Ragtime Writers.” Born near Texarkana, Texas, likely in 1867, ...

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In the late 1890's Joplin was living in the small Missouri town of Sedalia when he composed his first hit, "The Maple Leaf Rag." Unlike some critics, Joplin viewed ragtime as a serious musical ...

When his Maple Leaf Rag (1899) made him independent, he quit the honky-tonk circuit and left Sedalia, Mo., a town revered by ragtimers as New Orleans is by the jazzbos, and set himself up as a ...

The new logo, which was unveiled as part of the Maple Leafs’ series The Leaf: Blueprint, isn’t so much a new design as it is a throwback to the previous designs during Toronto’s most ...

Teddy Roosevelt had Scott Joplin play his "Maple Leaf Rag" for daughter Alice in 1905 because she wanted to hear “that new jazz.” Major musical events were regularly scheduled back then.

Park workers officially began paving the way for St. Joseph’s first advanced skate park by demolishing the old facility on Maple Leaf Parkway on Monday. St. Joseph crews were up bright and early ...

Scott Joplin was the most famous ragtime composer. When his 'Maple Leaf Rag' was first printed in 1899, it quickly sold a million copies. Listen to this audio clip of 'Maple Leaf Rag' by Scott ...

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Quick: What image comes to mind when you hear the word ragtime? Probably straw hats, lemonade and your kid trying to play “The Entertainer” on the piano. But in the 1890s and 1900s, the sound ...

Visitor walk over a maple leaf stenciled at the intersection of Eighth and High streets as people wait for turkey legs at the Kappa Epsilon turkey leg booth at the annual Maple Leaf Festival on ...