Scott Joplin

by Katherine Preston

Until Scott Joplin, ragtime music was regarded as low class and unrefined. His compositions--such as "Maple Leaf Rag"--helped ragtime earn national prominence in the early 1900s, but it was not until the 1970s, that Joplin was award posthumously the Pulitzer Prize for his opera Treemonisha.

Genres: Biography

179 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1987

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars, rounded up.

[Jessica López-Barkl · Rating 3 out of 5]

So...this was another book checked out from the library in the Juvenile Biography section. It was a great overview of Scott Joplin and had really wonderful photos. I think this series of "Black Americans of Achievement" is really quite wonderful, and the introduction by Coretta Scott King is inspirational. If I were still a K-12 history teacher, I would definitely have these at my fingertips...