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Scott Joplin

1868 - 1917

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Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag", became the genre's first and most influential hit, later being recognized as the quintessential rag. Joplin considered ragtime to be a form of classical music meant to be played in concert halls and largely disdained the performance of ragtime as honky tonk music most common in saloons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Scott Joplin is the 233rd most popular composer (down from 187th in 2019), the 1,231st most popular biography from United States (down from 832nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Composer.

Scott Joplin is most famous for his ragtime compositions.

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Among composers, Scott Joplin ranks 233 out of 1,451. Before him are Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Lili Boulanger, Philippe de Vitry, Ernest Bloch, Ernest Chausson, and Jacob Clemens non Papa. After him are Ernst von Dohnányi, Carl Reinecke, Angelo Badalamenti, Albert Roussel, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Mykola Leontovych.

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Among people born in 1868, Scott Joplin ranks 39. Before him are Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Annie S. D. Maunder, Louis Couturat, Vittorio Monti, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Huo Yuanjia. After him are Josephine Bakhita, Stefan George, Pompeu Fabra, Felix Hausdorff, Édouard Vuillard, and Magnus Hirschfeld. Among people deceased in 1917, Scott Joplin ranks 20. Before him are Buffalo Bill, Franz Brentano, Dragutin Dimitrijević, John William Waterhouse, Ludwig Minkus, and Mackenzie Bowell. After him are Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Radomir Putnik, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Jean Gaston Darboux, Ranavalona III, and Léon Bloy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Joplin ranks 1,231 out of 20,380. Before him are Sam Shepard (1943), Phoebe Cates (1963), George F. Kennan (1904), George Papandreou (1952), Edward B. Lewis (1918), and Lizzie Magie (1866). After him are J. K. Simmons (1955), Thomas Harris (1940), Mike Johnson (1972), David J. Wineland (1944), Chick Corea (1941), and Jim Jarmusch (1953).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Scott Joplin ranks 9. Before him are John Cage (1912), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Alfred Newman (1900), Philip Glass (1937), Samuel Barber (1910), and Henry Mancini (1924). After him are Angelo Badalamenti (1937), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), James Horner (1953), Steve Reich (1936), Stephen Schwartz (1948), and Charles Ives (1874).

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