Pianist William McNally plays the 'Maple Leaf Rag' for students at Skyline Elementary School in Sedalia, Mo. Ragtime is big with the kids in Sedalia. One day this spring, about 100 of them cheered for ...

Maple leaves and palms, chrysanthemums and gladiolas — all these botanicals found their way into the piano rags by Scott Joplin. American composer, organist and pianist William Albright recorded all ...

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 ...

Neon, pianist-composer—arranger Arina Fujiwara's luminous debut release, ends on an unexpected note, a solo take on Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899), his most popular and enduring tune. It ...

The life-altering moment for Mark Nuismer occurred 30 years ago when the teenager heard someone play "Maple Leaf Rag" at his Salt Lake City high school. "It was so hard, I thought I'd never be able to ...

Both of these Maple Leaf Rag recordings are made from piano rolls released in 1916. The edited roll was published by Connorized, and the unedited version by the Aeolian Company. Scott Joplin was once ...

Maple Leaf Rag (Piano & Orchestra Version); Solace; Pleasant Moments; Heliotrope Bouquet (Stomp Version); Courtship (Based On Elite Syncopation); Cutting Contest / Maple Leaf Rag; Peacherine Rag; The ...

Marc Douglas, who is homeless, rolled a cigarette, sipped a 24-ounce can of Keystone Ice beer, scratched the ears of his mixed-breed dog, Oreo, leaned back on a bench and listened to the jaunty melody ...

Friday is the anniversary of Scott Joplin’s death in 1917. The story of this Black master of the ragtime genre can seem like one that never got far beyond the starting gate and ended with a sad ...