Quick Facts
- Known as “The King of Ragtime”
- Born in the United States in (most likely) 1867 in Texas
- Started playing the piano as a child
- Left home in his teens and started touring
- Studied music at George R. Smith College in Missouri
- Ragtime has a combination of syncopation and duple meter with a steady beat. It influenced early jazz.
- In 1902, he composed Maple Leaf Rag, which became the top-selling ragtime song, selling more than a million copies
- Composed The Entertainer in 1902
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