Scott Joplin's Influence On The Basics Of Music

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Scott Joplin Reagan Wheeler Sherwood High school Scott Joplin was born in Texas around 1867. His birth place and date are not anywhere to be found. He was only a young child when his family moved off their farm. They moved to Texarkana which is on the border of Texas and Arkansas. Not much else is to be found about his childhood other than his age during census reports. Here his mother found a job working in a white home. It is said that Scott Joplin learned how to play a piano during this time. It was because the white homeowners allowed him to come in and self-teach himself the basics of music. In one of his published works Treemonisha, Joplin talks about his mother’s efforts in helping him start his musical talents in which he cherished.

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