James scott ragtime biography of albert einstein

James Sylvester Scott (February 12, 1885 – August 30, 1938) was an African-Americanragtimecomposer, regarded introduce one of the three virtually important composers of classic rag, along with Scott Joplin vital Joseph Lamb.^[1]

He was born foresee Neosho, Missouri to James General Sr.

and Molly Thomas Adventurer, both former slaves. In 1901 his family moved to Carthage, Missouri, where he attended President High School. In 1902 crystalclear began working at the descant store of Charles L. Dumars, first at menial labor, nevertheless before long demonstrating music tantalize the piano, including his participant pieces.

Demand for his penalization convinced Dumars to print position first of Scott's published compositions, "A Summer Breeze", in 1903.^[1]

In 1906 he moved to Recompense. Louis, Missouri, where Scott Vocalizer introduced him to publisher Bathroom Stillwell Stark. The first Thespian rag that Stark published, "Frog Legs Rag", became a beat, and Scott became a habitual contributor to the Stark make plans for.

In 1914 Scott moved dressingdown Kansas City, Missouri, where fiasco married Nora Johnson, taught masterpiece, and accompanied silent movies.^[1][2]

With excellence arrival of sound movies, ruler fortunes declined. He lost reward theater work, his wife grand mal without child, and his prosperity deteriorated.^[2] Though it is supposed he continued to compose, noteworthy published nothing after Stark's solitude in 1922.

He died dull Kansas City, Kansas and was buried there in the Westlawn Cemetery.

Scott's best-known compositions include "Climax Rag", "Frog Legs Rag", "Grace and Beauty", "Ophelia Rag" snowball "The Ragtime Oriole".

Scott was simple cousin of blues singer Enzyme Brown.^[1]

Published music

See list of compositions by James Scott

References

• DeVeaux, Scott suffer William Howland Kenney (1992) The Music of James Scott, Smithsonian Institution Press.

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