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    Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist in the late 19th century who is considered the "father of ragtime" for developing the ragtime musical style. His composition "Maple Leaf Rag" published in 1899 helped popularize ragtime. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a cultural movement among African American communities that celebrated black identity and produced influential works in various artistic fields. Figures like Scott Joplin, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Josephine Baker had important roles in influencing culture during this period, though the Renaissance ended with the economic impacts of the Great Depression.

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    Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist in the late 19th century who is considered the "father of ragtime" for developing the ragtime musical style. His composition "Maple Leaf Rag" published in 1899 helped popularize ragtime. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a cultural movement among African American communities that celebrated black identity and produced influential works in various artistic fields. Figures like Scott Joplin, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Josephine Baker had important roles in influencing culture during this period, though the Renaissance ended with the economic impacts of the Great Depression.

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    Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

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    Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist in the late 19th century who is considered the "father of ragtime" for developing the ragtime musical style. His composition "Maple Leaf Rag" published in 1899 helped popularize ragtime. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a cultural movement among African American communities that celebrated black identity and produced influential works in various artistic fields. Figures like Scott Joplin, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Josephine Baker had important roles in influencing culture during this period, though the Renaissance ended with the economic impacts of the Great Depression.

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    Maple Leaf Rag by

    Scott Joplin
    Presentation by Colton Conley
    Who was Scott Joplin?
    ● American composer and pianist, important
    developer of ragtime music (known as the
    “father of ragtime”
    ● Joplin taught himself piano as a child
    ● Published “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899 and
    opened a teaching studio
    ● Continued to publish works until he died in
    New York City on April 4, 1919
    Starting a Movement
    ● Music encompassed a swing style
    ● Key role in the development of ragtime music
    ● Helped pave the way for young black artists to
    reach American audiences
    ● The vast majority of Joplin's work did not
    enjoy popularity because the compositions
    remained obscure during his lifetime
    The Harlem Renaissance
    ● Spanned the 1920’s of american culture
    ● Encompassed poetry and prose, painting and
    sculpture, jazz and swing, opera and dance
    ● Presentation of what it meant to be black in
    America
    ● Instilled in African Americans across the
    country a new spirit of self-determination
    and pride
    Influencers of the Time
    ● Intellectuals-W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey
    ● Performers-Josephine Baker, Paul Robeson
    ● Writers-Zora Neale Hurston, Effie Lee Newsome
    ● Musicians-Louis Armstrong, Scott Joplin
    Effects of the Renaissance
    ● The end of Harlem’s creative boom
    began with the stock market crash of
    1929
    ● Considered by many to have been
    the high point of African American
    literature
    ● Helped foster racial pride in
    Americans
    Sources
    ● https://www.songhall.org/profile/Scott_Joplin
    ● https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/new-african-american-identity-harlem-renaissance
    ● https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african-american-odyssey/reconstruction.html
    ● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc
    ● https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200033265.0/?sp=3
    ● https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/new-african-american-identity-harlem-renaissance

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