£5.95

Scott Joplin was born into a poor black family in Texas in 1868, just three years after the abolition of slavery. As a teenager he left home to work as a saloon pianist in St Louis, a cosmopolitan Mississippi port and the birthplace of Ragtime, the lively piano style which had developed from syncopated minstrel songs and dances. Among many talented black pianists Joplin was the first with the ability to set down in musical notation this new art form, and his second published rag, Maple Leaf (to which Roseleaf Rag, arranged here for string quartet by Bill Thorp, makes a worthy counterpart), was a nationwide hit in 1899.

Joplin - Roseleaf Rag (String Quartet Parts) - Parts Digital Download
Joplin – Roseleaf Rag (String Quartet Parts) – Parts Digital Download

£5.95

SKU: B&D10123 Parts Digital Download Category: