

Scott Joplin (Texarkana, Texas, USA, November 24, 1868 - Manhattan, New York, USA, April 1, 1917) was a composer and pianist One of the most important figures in the development of classic ragtime, for he wanted a status similar to that of serious music from Europe and the possibility of allowing extended compositions such as operas and symphonies.
Scott Joplin, unlike other contemporary musicians, classical music training had a very solid, which was materialized in their tendency to obtain a formal balance based on the use of closely spaced tones.
His rags make use of different rhythms and generally include four themes repeated 16 measures, with introduction and modulation by the third subject, after the profusion of irregular and arpeggiated sounds always in his character rags catchy melody that follows the classic pattern antecedent-consequent phrase, dividing the eight-bar melody in two interrelated parts. Moreover, their rags passages lack of development.
Scott Joplin ever recorded no audio, but they had some piano rolls in late 1915 or early 1916, his legacy, therefore, focuses almost exclusively on their scores, designed "For a millimeter and thorough implementation by the artist."