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King of ragtime Sheet music for Scott Joplin's “Euphonic Sounds: A Syncopated Novelty”
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Born 1867 or 1868 • Texas
Died April 1, 1917 • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize (1976)
Notable Works “Treemonisha”

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King of ragtime
Sheet music for Scott Joplin's “Euphonic Sounds: A Syncopated Novelty”
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Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
William Bolcom
William Bolcom
American composer
Toch
Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
A ragtime celebrity
Eubie Blake
American musician
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American composer and pianist
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American musician
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American musician
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Easley Blackwood, Jr.
American composer
Marc Blitzstein
American composer and author
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Marvin Hamlisch.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Samuel Barber
American composer
Count Basie
Count Basie
American musician
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
American singer, composer, and musician
The Genius
Ray Charles
American musician
Herbie Hancock.
Herbie Hancock
American musician
Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American musician
Barry Harris
American musician