Ocupation: Composer
Life: November 24, 1868 - April 1, 1917
Birthday: November 24
Death: April 1
Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at 'hateful ragtime' no longer passes for musical culture.
source: Scott Joplin, Maurice Hinson (1990). “Scott Joplin at the Piano”, p.5, Alfred Music Publishing
topic: Light, Musical, Culture, Indication, Syncopation, Ragtime