Scott Joplin was not what anyone today would call an activist. Still, the composer made subtle political statements that reflected on the social and political milieu of his time, the late 19th and ...

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Treemonisha (1911) is an opera by American ragtime composer Scott Joplin. It is sometimes referred to as a "ragtime opera", though Joplin did not refer to it as such and it encompasses a wide range of ...

Nobody knows for sure how Scott Joplin's opera "Treemonisha" is supposed to sound. The orchestral score was lost, and all that remains is the piano-vocal score that Joplin published in 1911, six years ...

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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 opera composed by ragtime musician Scott Joplin decades ago has been reborn -- despite the loss of the original score. Treemonisha, which was composed by Joplin in 1911 and first performed by the ...

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In “Treemonisha” (1911) Scott Joplin tried to write a “real” opera. That is to say that Joplin, the African-American whose ragtime music had conquered the world, attempted to write an opera in the ...

Ninety-five years ago to the date of this posting—April 1, 1917—a patient died in the Manhattan State Hospital. A wasted shell of a once-great talent, he was adrift in the limbo of a dementia caused ...