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Scott Joplin is born in North Texas, Son of a former slave
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Period: to
1868-1917
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Joplin works with a minstrel troupe in Texarkana, Texas, in the first documented sign of his musical career.
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Joplin worked as pianist at the Maple Leaf Club.
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Joplin joined the Queen City Cornet Band and performed in local clubs
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He published the maple leaf Rag
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Scott Joplin and his bride, Belle Jones, moved to St. Louis
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Scott Joplin publishes The Entertainer.
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He composes pieces such as Solace, Pineapple Rag, and Wall Street Rag and his most ambitious Work, the opera Treemonisha.
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Grows as a composer but later dies from Syphilis
