Scott Joplin: Theses and Dissertations

Caldwell, Hansonia LaVerne. "Black Idioms in Opera as Reflected in 
the Works of Six Afro-American Composers." Thesis, University of 
Southern California, 1974.
      [Includes "Treemonisha".]

George, Zelma Watson. "A Guide to Negro Music: An Annotated 
Bibliography of Negro Folk Music and Art Music by Negro Composers or 
Based on Negro Thematic Material." Ed. D. diss., New York University, 
1953.

Herbert, Rubye Nell. "A Study of the Composition and Performance of 
Scott Joplin's Opera Treemonisha." D. M. A. diss., Ohio State 
University, 1976.

Reed, Addison. "The Life and Works of Scott Joplin." Ph. D. diss., 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973.

Theodore, Victoria J. "The Ragtime Solo Piano Works of Scott Joplin: 
An Analysis and Performing Edition of Three Pieces." M.A. thesis, 
Stanford University, 1990.
      [Includes Maple Leaf Rag, Elite Syncopations, and Magnetic Rag.]

Wooldridge, Marc Charles. "Rhythmic Implications of Diatonic Theory: 
A Study of Scott Joplin's Ragtime Piano Works." Ph. D. diss., State 
University of New York at Buffalo, 1992.

Wood, Joel M. "Pearls of Our Past: Rare Music by Ragtime Composers." 
M.A. thesis, St. Cloud State University, 1993.
      [Harmony Club Waltz transcribed for band by author.]


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