"Afro-American Biography." . . . . . . . "Traces the life of the well-known ragtime pianist and composer who wrote over 500 pieces of music, including a ballet and two operas." . "Traces the life of the well-known ragtime pianist and composer who wrote over 500 pieces of music, including a ballet and two operas."@en . . . . . . . . "Biography"@en . . . . "Biography" . . "Traces the life of the well-known ragtime pianist and composer who wrote over 500 pieces of music, including a ballet and two operas. 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." . "Traces the life of the well-known ragtime pianist and composer who wrote over 500 pieces of music, including a ballet and two operas. 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."@en . . . . . "Scott Joplin : [composer]" . . . . . . . . . "Scott Joplin"@en . "Scott Joplin" . . "Scott Joplin, composer"@en . . . . . "Juvenile works" . "Juvenile works"@en . "Scott Joplin: Composer : (Black History section)" . . . "African-Americans - Biography." . . "Composers - United States - Biography." . . "Compositeurs noirs Etats-Unis Biographies." . . "Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917 - Juvenile literature." . . "Joplin, Scott 1868 1917 Juvenile literature." . "Compositeurs États-Unis Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse." . . "Noirs américains Etats-Unis Biographies." . .