His "Maple Leaf Rag", the most famous instrumental rag, was composed in 1899
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Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin Songfacts  Album: The Complete Scott JoplinReleased: 1899 ... the genr for which he became famous, his biographer Edward Berlin said "he composed music unlike any ever before written". Joplin's most famous composition, "Maple Leaf Rag", was published while he was ... More songs from Scott Joplin  More instrumental songs.
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Scott Joplin - Wikipedia  Scott Joplin was an African-American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ... One of his first pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag", became ragtime's first and most influential hit, and has been ... He attempted to go beyond the limitations of the musical form that made him famous, without much monetary success. His...
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Maple Leaf Rag Our Nineteenth-Century American Museum  Jan 30, 2009 ... Maple Leaf Rag, one of his most famous piano compositions, ... Written in 1897, Joplin's title honors the Maple Leaf Club, a black ... First published in September 1899 on sheet music, Maple Leaf Rag soon sold over one million copies. This was the first time an instrumental piece sold so many copies.
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Ragtime - Wikipedia  Second edition cover of Maple Leaf Rag, one of the most famous rags. Ragtime  also spelled rag-time or rag time  is a musical genre that enjoyed its peak .... In 1899, Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" was published and became a great hit and ... Although most ragtime was composed for piano, transcriptions for other...
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Maple Leaf Rag - Wikipedia  The "Maple Leaf Rag" (copyright registered on 18 September 1899) is an early ragtime musical composition for piano composed by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works, and became the model for ragtime compositions by subsequent composers. It is one of the most famous of all ragtime pieces. ... His first published rag was "Original Rags" (March 1899).
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canada: union jack to maple leaf - War Flags  The national flag of Canada, popularly known as the Maple Leaf Flag (or, in French, l'Unifoli or ... in 1867, and though Canada has been a fully independent country since the early twentieth century, it was only in 1965 that the Maple Leaf Flag was adopted. ... There were three official versions of the Canadian Red Ensign.
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Scott Joplin  He was one of many composers who wrote a work specifically for the exposition, ..... But in 1908 his efforts were still largely confined to Illinois. fig leaf rag cover...
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Biography - Scott Joplin, 1867?-1917: The King of Ragtime Music ...  May 28, 2006 ... Today we tell about the life and work of one of America's greatest music writers: Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime. That song is called "Maple Leaf Rag." Scott Joplin wrote it more than one hundred years ago.
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Flag of Canada - Wikipedia  The flag of Canada, often referred to as the Canadian flag, or unofficially as the Maple Leaf and ... Also, the Royal Union Flag remains an official flag in Canada. ... Canadian flag charged in the canton, or by including maple leaves in the design. ... New France continued to fly the evolving French military flags of that period.
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Jeopary Questions page 978 - VINTAGE CARS - TriviaBistro.com  Some of the first citrus trees in California were planted by this Spanish .... LIKE IT'S 1899: Toes were tapping to this composer's wildly popular "Maple Leaf Rag".
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Musical Theatre | Music Directing the School Musical  Irving Berlin and George Gershwin in particular devised melodies that expanded ... It's very similar to a hemiola, (the same amount of time divided into both three parts .... for rhythmic supremacy, in 1924, in a song he and Ira wrote for Lady Be Good. ... I might also point out that this phrase is as much 'phase' music as Steve...
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The Entertainer (rag) - Wikipedia  "The Entertainer" is a 1902 classic piano rag written by Scott Joplin. One of the classics of ragtime, it returned to international prominence as part ... The Recording Industry Association of America ranked it #10 on its "Songs of the Century" list. .... What links here  Related changes  Upload file  Special pages  Permanent link...
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Rhapsody in Blue - Wikipedia  Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines ..... The influences of jazz and other contemporary styles are certainly present in Rhapsody in Blue. ... it is used in this context in a segment from the film Fantasia 2000, in which the piece is...
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[t]akte: Coronation music for England and the world. Handel's ...  Zadok the Priest and The King shall rejoice were composed in 1727 on the ... The Coronation Anthems are amongst Handel's best-known works and are ... Augustus (16831760) was proclaimed the new British King George II in London a little later. ... 1, 3 and 4 he wrote the names of singers from the Chapel Royal, in nos.
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Parlor Songs MIDI Collection November 1998 Featured Covers  In 1911 the publication of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" established his reputation as a songwriter. He formed his own music-publishing business in 1919, and in...
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Ragtime | Acoustic Music  The most popular marches of the day were published by John Phillip Sousa and ... The sheet music was frequently performed by the composer  creating the ... In 1899 Scott Joplin (1867-1917) published the 'Maple Leaf Rag'. ... In all their compositional complexity, they still had the toe-tapping touch of the common man.
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Flag of Canada - Wikipedia  The flag of Canada, often referred to as the Canadian flag, or unofficially as the Maple Leaf and ... In 1964, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson formed a committee to resolve the ongoing .... from the United Kingdom in 1931 until the adoption of the current flag in 1965. .... First Flag Proposal to Parliament, the Pearson Pennant.
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Flag of Canada - Wikipedia  The flag of Canada, often referred to as the Canadian flag, or unofficially as the Maple Leaf and ... The flag made its first official appearance on February 15, 1965; the date is now .... three joined maple leaves seen on the escutcheon of the Canadian coat of arms. .... I believe it is an excellent flag that will serve Canada well.
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jeopardy/3140_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  INSTRUMENTAL | Free from worry about too-slow human hands, Stravinsky wrote a 1917 etude for this now seldom-seen instrument | player piano. right: Tom.
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Popular Music In America, Part 2 - The Parlor Songs Academy  Part two of an article about American popular music, written in 1910. ... In the matter of the words of the gospel hymns the same spirit is seen, for literary culture ... of popular instrumental music stands the name of John Philip Sousa, the "March King. .... Three American teams of light opera and musical comedy writers, Smith...
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Ragtime Music its Composers and Influence, free Piano Rags to ...  A short history of Ragtime Music, its main composers and influence on musical ... This increasing diversity resulted from the fusion of African and European ... who with the publication of the Maple Leaf Rag had the equivalent of a top ten hit. ... One of those was Claude Debussy who wrote a number of piano pieces in this...