In the post-Civil War era, the cruel breath of slavery and the aborted plan of Reconstruction still hung over the American South. But in the Joplin home, banjo and fiddle music filled the family’s ...

1. Wall Street Rag - 2. The Easy Winners - 3. Euphonic Sounds - 4. Gladiolus Rag - 5. The Entertainer 6. Magnetic Rag 7. Felicity Rag (Joplin/Hayden) 8. Leola 9. Heliotrope Bouquet (Joplin/Chauvin) 10 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3)—Sedalia, Missouri, will host the International Ragtime Festival next week (May 28-31). The festival celebrates the life of famous Missourian Scott Joplin. Joplin landed in ...

At the turn of the 20th century, ragtime music was all the rage. It was music to dance to as well as music to pass on oral traditions. Created by recently freed Blacks who couldn’t then read or write ...