Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin (ca. 1867–April 1, 1917) remains the best-known ragtime musician and composer, setting the standard for the many who followed.

Joplin's music

• Antoinette (1906)
• Augustan Club Waltz (1901)
• Bethena (1905)
• Binks' Waltz (1905)
• A Breeze From Alabama (1902)
• Cascades (1904)
• The Chrysanthemum (1904) dedicated to Freddie Alexander, Joplin's second wife.
• Cleopha (1902)
• Combination March (1896)
• Country Club (1909)
• The Great Crush Collision March (1896)
• The Easy Winners (1901)
• Elite Syncopations (1902)
• The Entertainer (1902)
• Eugenia (1906)
• Euphonic Sounds (1909)
• The Favorite (1904)
• Felicity Rag (1911) with Scott Hayden
• Fig Leaf Rag (1908)
• Gladiolus Rag (1907)
• Harmony Club Waltz (1896)
• Heliotrope Bouquet (1907) with Louis Chauvin
• I Am Thinking of My Pickanniny Days (1902) lyrics by Henry Jackson
• Kismet Rag (1913) with Scott Hayden
• Leola (1905)
• Lily Queen (1907) with Arthur Marshall
• Little Black Baby (1903) lyrics by Louis Armstrong Bristol
• Magnetic Rag (1914)
• Maple Leaf Rag (1899)
• March Majestic (1902)
• The Nonpareil (1907)
• Original Rags (1899) arranged by Chas. N. Daniels
• Palm Leaf Rag (1903)
• Paragon Rag (1909)
• Peacherine Rag (1901)
• A Picture of Her Face (1895)
• Pine Apple Rag (1908)
• Pleasant Moments (1909)
• Please Say You Will (1895)
• The Ragtime Dance (1902)
• The Ragtime Dance (1906) this version was shortened and published to recoup losses from the 1902 version.
• Reflection Rag (1917) posthumous publication
• The Rose-bud March (1905)
• Rose Leaf Rag (1907)
• Sarah Dear (1905) lyrics by Henry Jackson
• School of Ragtime (1908)
• Searchlight Rag (1907)
• Silver Swan Rag (1971) posthumous publication
• Solace (1909)
• Something Doing (1903) with Scott Hayden
• Stoptime Rag (1910)
• The Strenuous Life (1902)
• Sugar Cane (1908)
• Sunflower Slow Drag (1901) with Scott Hayden
• Swipsey (1900) with Arthur Marshall
• The Sycamore (1904)
• Treemonisha (1911)
• Wall Street Rag (1909)
• Weeping Willow (1903)
• When Your Hair Is Like the Snow (1907) lyrics by "Owen Spendthrift"