August 10th is Scott Joplin Day!!!

August 10th is Scott Joplin Day!!! 

"Born in the late 1860s in Texarkana, on the border between Texas and Arkansas, Scott Joplin took up the piano as a child and eventually became a travelling musician as a teen. He immersed himself in the emerging musical form known as ragtime and became the genre’s foremost composer with tunes like "The Entertainer," "Solace" and "The Maple Leaf Rag," which is the biggest-selling ragtime song in history. Joplin also penned the operas Guest of Honor and Treemonisha. He died in New York City on April 1, 1917." Thank you Mr. Joplin for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Scott Joplin. :-)

http://www.biography.com/people/scott-joplin-9357953

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPmruHc4S9Q

"When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me." - Scott Joplin