Scott Joplin, American Composer(c. 1867-1917)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Scott Joplin
• Birth: November 24, 1868, Texas, USA
• Death: April 1, 1917, New York City, New York, USA
• Language: English
• Who he was: American ragtime composer, "Maple Leaf Rag"; "The Entertainer"; opera Treemonisha; Pulitzer: Special Citation for Arts (1976)

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