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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Scott Joplin (1867-1917)

Composer of the Week: Scott Joplin (1867-1917): Episode 1: The Roots of Ragtime

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Episode 1: The Roots of Ragtime

Scott Joplin (1867-1917)

The Roots of Ragtime

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Scott Joplin (1867-1917), The Roots of Ragtime

The roots of the music Joplin helped to define, with ragtime pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen.

With the help of ragtime performer Morten Gunnar Larsen, Donald Macleod explores Scott Joplin's beginnings.

Donald Macleod, with the help of ragtime performer Morten Gunnar Larsen, looks at Scott Joplin's beginnings and the roots of the music he helped to define, which would dominate American music for two decades.

The Favorite 
Scott Kirby (piano)

Treemonisha: Overture 
Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra, Morten Gunnar Larsen (director)

Original Rags 
Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano)

The Crush Collision March 
Benjamin Loeb (piano)

Combination March / Harmony Club Waltz 
William Albright (piano)

Maple Leaf rag 
Piano roll played by Scott Joplin 

Sunflower Slow Drag 
The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble, Gunther Schuller (conductor)

Treemonisha (Act 1 excerpt) 
The bag of luck; The corn huskers; We're goin' around (a ring play)
Zodzetrick ..... Ben Harney (vocalist)
Monisha ..... Betty Allen (mezzo)
Ned ..... Willard White (bass) 
Treemonisha ..... Carmen Balthrop (soprano)
Remus ..... Curtis Rayam (tenor)
Andy ..... Kenneth Hicks (tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of Houston Grand Opera, Gunther Schuller (conductor).

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Donald Macleod looks at the African-American composer, a pioneer of the ragtime style

Donald Macleod looks at the African-American composer, a pioneer of the ragtime style. Given free piano lessons by German teacher Julius Weiss, he studied music and became a best-selling composer

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