Tuesday Dec 6, 2011
We recently featured a story on the San Antonio Ragtime Society hosting Bryan Wright.
I don't know if this link will work b but the WSJ featured a story on the first and only opera that
Scott Joplin wrote. Joplin was black, a native of Texarkana, TX. He wrote the music specifically for the sort of orchestra that one would find in vaudeville theaters, not opera theaters, ie, for the average attendee not the up market type at operas at the time.
This is an interesting historic piece on the development of American Music.
Little by little, I think Mr. Scott Joplin is being recognized for his genius. The article calls him one. Thank you, Dr. Elam, for highlighting this article. I'm glad those who are putting on the opera are doing so with a view toward the context of the times in which Scott Joplin lived. It seems a more sensible approach...
Posted by: Luis Martinez | December 06, 2011 at 10:52 AM