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Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at 'hateful ragtime' no longer passes for musical culture.

Scott Joplin

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Scott Joplin
Age: 48 †
Born: 1868
Born: November 24
Died: 1917
Died: April 17
Banjoist
Composer
Jazz Musician
Pianist
Texas
United States
The king of ragtime
Shy
Passes
Jazz
Syncopation
Musical
Ragtime
Longer
Trashy
Culture
Indication
Light
Hateful
Music
Bricks

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