That piece, “Maple Leaf Rag,” crowned Scott Joplin the “King of Ragtime Writers ... But for Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson and other keyboard men, it became a mannequin on which ...

Dubbed the ‘King of Ragtime’, Scott Joplin (c ... His best-known works include ‘Maple Leaf Rag’ and ‘The Entertainer’, the latter of which was very much Joplin’s “theme tune”. The Academy ...

Ragtime music was written down, not improvised. Scott Joplin was the most famous ragtime composer. When his 'Maple Leaf Rag' was first printed in 1899, it quickly sold a million copies.