[Scott
Joplin Black Heritage Stamp (1983)]
By
Doug
“This week one of the more unique festivals of Sedalia
takes place with the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival. For those
unaware, Scott Joplin was from Sedalia and wrote numerous pieces of
music while playing at the Maple Leaf and Block 400 clubs.
Each year, many
artists make a return to the roots of Scott Joplin’s music and keep
ragtime alive. Stacy Purvis, the executive director of the Scott
Joplin Ragtime Festival said, “Each year we select a Joplin piece
that was written about 100 years, ago and it’s getting harder to
do, but this year’s theme is Scott Joplin’s ‘New Rag.’”
The New Rag may not
be one of his more notable pieces of work, but here is a rendition of
it.
[Scott Joplin (c.1867-1917) is
featured at AfriClassical.com]
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