Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain, his impact on early American music is ...

The legacy of Scott Joplin is once again reaching a national audience, a programming highlight that features the famed composer and Texarkana native, streaming on the PBS platforms ...

(May 5, 1976) -- A special Pulitzer Prize was given posthumously Monday to America's "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin for the music he composed throughout his career. The award to the Texarkana native ...

Scott Joplin was fond of naming pieces of music after various types of leaves. The maple, palm, fig and sycamore leaves all figure in Joplin's music — and so does the rose leaf. William Albright plays ...

Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain, his impact on early American music is ...

An annual summer music festival is set to return to Sedalia in 2025 as it honors the more than half-century-old legacy of ...

3 Review: INTIMI(DATING), SINGLE RIDER SONGBOOK, and more at The Orlando Fringe Festival 4 Review: BREAKING BRAINS, TEA TIME, OZMA, and MORE at The Orlando Fringe Festival Treemonisha is often ...

A pulsating piano solo by a black composer published 125 years ago this fall became an unexpected bestseller, drew droves of young people to the piano, and became an enduring classic of American music ...