Scott Joplin: References & Edit History
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Peter Gammond, Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Era (1975); James Haskins and Kathleen Benson, Scott Joplin (1978); Edward A. Berlin, King of Ragtime (1994); Susan Curtis, Dancing to a Black Man’s Tune: A Life of Scott Joplin (1994).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: AllMusic - Scott Joplin. | Nov 07, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Composer of the Week - Scott Joplin (1867-1917). | Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Scott Joplin Composer. | Dec 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Francisco Classical Voice - Scott Joplin. | Jul 20, 2024 | ||
| Changed date of Broadway production of Treemonisha from 1972 to 1975. Noted that he was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize. | May 15, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Scott Joplin. | Sep 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Missouri Encyclopedia - Scott Joplin (18681917). | Jul 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The State Historical Society of Missouri - Historic Missourians - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Jan 09, 2023 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 20, 2018 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Oct 26, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The State Historical Society of Missouri - Historic Missourians - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Jan 09, 2017 | ||
| Details about his birth and childhood revised. | May 16, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Mar 21, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Archives - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Mar 21, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Making Music Fun! - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classics For Kids - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Naxos Classical Music - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Scott Joplin. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Net - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Songwriters Hall of Fame - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Scott Joplin. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 05, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of Scott Joplin. | Feb 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Essentials of Music - Scott Joplin. | May 17, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |
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