The Ode to Joy (European Union Anthem) - Ludwig van Beethoven - or edit/play midi file.La Marseillaise (French National Anthem) - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle - or edit/play midi file.Deutschlandlied (German National Anthem) - Joseph Haydn - or edit/play midi file.God Save the Queen (UK National Anthem) - Traditional - or edit/play midi file.See our article National Anthems and Patriotic Songs for more information about the origins of these pieces, which are often based on Classical Music, Hymns or Folk Songs: Midi Files of Traditional National Anthems and Patriotic Songs: Grace and Beauty (by James Scott) - or edit/play midi file.

Frogs Legs Rag (by James Scott) - or edit/play midi file.Peacherine Rag - or edit/play midi file.A Breeze from Alabama - or edit/play midi file.Pleasant Moments (A Ragtime Waltz) - or edit/play midi file.

Bethena (A Concert Waltz) - or edit/play midi file.

The Chrysanthemum - or edit/play midi file.

The Entertainer - or edit/play midi file.

Sunflower Slow Drag (with Scott Hayden) - or edit/play midi file.

Swipesy (with Arthur Marshall) - or edit/play midi file.

Maple Leaf Rag - or edit/play midi file.

The Easy Winners - or edit/play midi file.

Elite Syncopations - or edit/play midi file.

Ragtime in general and Scott Joplin in particular reached a new audience when 'The Entertainer' was used on the soundtrack to the movie 'The Sting'.

Scott Joplin is almost an exact contemporary of Debussy, and in fact influenced some of his work. Joplin also co-wrote rags with Scott Hayden, and he provided some assistance to James Scott when he introduced him to his publisher. Usually credited solely to Jopin, 'Swipesy' was a collaboration with his pupil Arthur Marshall. He was one of the pioneers of Ragtime Music making a name for himself with 'Maple Leaf Rag'. Scott Joplin grew up in the time and place where a new music was evolving. Chevalier de Saint-Georges(1739-1799) life and music of the French composer, as well as a list of classical CDs of other African, African American, and African European composers.Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology-Online index of dissertations-in-progress and bibliography of completed dissertations reported since mid-1995 search-able.Black History in Music: Songs of a People looks at popular music with the focus on assisting in development of creative writing, history/social studies and music appreciation curricula search-able.Anniversary Music Calendar historical events broken down by month and day.Ragtime Music by Scott Joplin (1868-1917) & James Scott (1885-1938):

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