Scott Joplin: Undifferentiated Stuff

Ahrens, Lynn and Stephen Flaherty. Ragtime (a musical) Vocal 
Selections. Plume, 1997.

Doctorow, E.L. Ragtime (a novel). New York: Random House, 1975.

Grove Music Online. "Joplin, Scott." Edward A. Berlin's article and 
bibliography from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 
URL address varies with school access.

Overmeyer, Eric. "The Heliotrope Bouquet by Scott Joplin and Louis 
Chauvin." In Eric Overmeyer: Collected Plays. New York: Smith and 
Krause Inc., 1993.
      [A play that portrays the collaboration of Joplin's and Chauvin's work.]

Southern, Eileen. Images: Iconography of Music in African-American 
Culture, 1770's-1920's. New York: Garland, 2000.

Video Material:

"Scott Joplin" (motion picture). Billy Dee Williams, Art Carney, 
Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery, Eubie Blake, Godfrey Cambridge, 
actors; Christopher Knopf, screenplay; Jeremy Paul Kagen, director. 
Aired on NBC 20 June 1978. Universal Studios, 1977. VHS tape 
available.

"The Sting" (Academy Award-winning motion picture). Paul Newman, 
Robert Redford, actors; George Roy Hill, director. Universal Studios, 
1973. DVD available.

Original Sources and Archives:

Ping-Robbins, Nancy R. Scott Joplin: A Guide to Research. New York: 
Garland, 1998.
      [Exhaustive source of bibliography, collections, discographies 
and rollographies, iconography, memorials, awards and honors, radio 
programs, television programs and video, periodicals, ragtime clubs 
and societies, and ragtime festivals.]

The Joplin House - A state historic site. 2658 Delmar Boulevard, St. 
Louis, MO, 63103, 314-533-1003 [see internet links].

Facsimile (1944) of "Treemonisha" in the David W. Mullins Library, 
University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR.

First editions of sheet music.  Private collection of James J. Fuld. 
New York City, NY.

Original performance score of "Treemonisha" belonging to Cora Smith. 
Private collection of Arthur R. LaBrew. Detroit, MI.

Original sheet music for nine rags and a compilation of works 
published between 1899 and 1903. State Historical Society of 
Missouri. Columbia, MO.

Original sheet music, photographs and correspondence of Scott Joplin. 
Fisk University, Nashville, TN.

Recordings of Joplin compositions performed in birthplace of 
Texarkana. Historical Society and Museum. Texarkana, TX.

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