Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin ( between June 1867 and January * 1868 Linden, Texas, † April 1, 1917 in New York ) was an American composer and pianist. Conclusive than other composers of Ragtime Joplin, which is regarded as a "finisher of this style ," elements of the Romantic piano tradition of African-American folklore " connected to powerful miniatures that come up in their aphoristic density to pieces by Erik Satie " (Martin Kunzler ). In addition to around eighty Rags Joplin also wrote stage works.
Life
Scott Joplin, the son of a freed slave to the time of his birth, played violin as a child and received from the age of seven systematic piano lessons from Julius Weiss. Already the age of fifteen, he was a pub pianist in Texas and Louisiana go. From 1885 to 1893 Joplin lived as a musician in St. Louis, where he aufspielte in the honky -tonks and saloons. In 1893, he performed at the World's Fair in Chicago.
By no later than 1895, he made most of his compositions, which he ( which appeared in vaudeville shows) wrote for his own use as well as for his vocal group The Texas Medley Quartet. He was one of the first successful Rag composers. He was bestowed the recognition of his contemporaries, and he had, after all, a partially paying sales success of sheet music of his pieces. However, do not have significant parts of his work, including complex works as a musical, an opera and a symphony, never published and are missing today.
By an accident ( he filled a cash box was stolen ) broke off his evolving success. He continued to publish and could live passable again after a few years.
Scott Joplin was married three times. His first marriage was with Belle divorced his second wife, Freddie died only 20 years old at the consequences of pneumonia, his third wife was Lottie.
He himself died in 1917 from the effects of tertiary syphilis.
Importance
From Joplin Rags are numerous The Entertainer and Maple Leaf Rag the most famous pieces. (1911, re- orchestrated by Gunther Schuller ) of his stage works only the opera Treemonisha is obtained. The music composed in honor of Theodore Roosevelt's opera A Guest of Honor is as lost as his ballet The Ragtime Dance.
Together with James Scott and Joseph Lamb Joplin is one of the "Big Three" of classic ragtime -composed. His compositions are continuous pianistic demanding, therefore there are numerous simplified editions. Joplin always insisted that his plays were "not fast" to play; is frequently "Slow March Time" called: "It's never right to play ragtime fast". He disagreed with the fast-paced practice of some of his contemporaries, the more likely brought on the basis of simple structured Rags speed as musicality to bear.
There exists a self -established of Joplin recording of Pleasant Moments for Metro Style series of Aeolian Company to piano roll. It conveys an impression of the gaming habits of his time. The other piano rolls are drawn from editors roles, often with a hand not playable number of attacks per measure.
After the death of Joplin's ragtime jazz displaced for several decades from the public consciousness. Nearly 60 years after his death again enjoyed Joplin and his work wide recognition. In particular, by the sevenfold awarded the Oscar movie The Sting (1973 ) with Robert Redford, was scooped for his film music from the work Scott Joplin, the ragtime gained new popularity. While the interpretation of his Rags is considered by John Arpin as particularly authentic, the recording of 1974 allowed by the pianist Joshua Rifkin a new look to this music.
At Scott Joplin's former residence in St. Louis, the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site was established in 1984.