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The Two Sides Of Scott Joplin at Bickford Theatre
Courtesy of Don Jay Smith | Posted on March 28, 2017
Where
Bickford Theatre
6 Normandy Heights Road
Morristown, NJ
Map
(973) 971-3706
When
Mon, April 3, 2017
7:30 pm
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Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, died 100 years ago on April 1st and the Bickford Theatre pays homage to his memory with critically-acclaimed pianists Jeff Barnhart and Richard Dowling on Monday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m.
Although he died penniless, Joplin is credited with setting the standard for ragtime compositions and his hit, “Maple Leaf Rag,” revolutionized American music. As a pioneer composer and performer, he helped pave the way for young black artists to reach a broad audience both white and black. But after his death in 1917, his popularity gave way to other forms of jazz and he was mostly forgotten until the sixties when Joshua Rifkin led the way to a Joplin revival. Then in 1973, the popularity of the move The Sting catapulted the Joplin composition “The Entertainer” to the top of the charts and earned an Oscar for Marvin Hamlisch for Best Original Song, even though Hamlisch took the song directly from Scott Joplin. Scott Joplin has now received the credit he deserves with an induction into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, a special Pulitzer Prize, his own postage stamp, and a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. ...