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Joplin's Ragtime Style Lives on in Print and Song *

Apr 18th, 2006 · Scott Joplin was once among America's most popular songwriters. The son of a former slave, his Ragtime music swept the nation more than 100 years ago.

Keywords: national · slave · America · music · songs · songwriter · Joplin · ragtime · Scott Joplin

A Conversation with Tananarive Due, Part 1 *

Jan 17th, 2006 · In the first of a two-part conversation, Farai Chideya talks with fiction writer Tananarive Due. Her latest novel, Joplin's Ghost, tells the story of a rising R&B singer and how her life changes after she encounters the ghost of ragtime king Scott Joplin.

Keywords: Kings · fictional · Writer · Singer · novel · Tananarive · Farai Chideya · Tananarive Due · RB · Joplin · ragtime · Scott Joplin

American Piano Music **

Jul 2nd, 2004 · Pianist Paul Posnak, a professor at University of Miami School of Music, plays a pair of uniquely American piano pieces by pre-Civil War superstar Louis Moreau Gottschalk and ragtme legend Scott Joplin.

Keywords: Americans · professor · music · legend · Superstar · Scott Joplin · Civil War · Pianist Paul Posnak · Louis Moreau Gottschalk · ragtme

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