This man composed a waltz whose themes are labeled "Cantabile" called Bethena and paid tribute to a railway tycoon with The Great Crush Collision March. One of this man's lost operas was performed for the Roosevelt family and
This man composed a waltz whose themes are labeled "Cantabile" called Bethena and paid tribute to a railway tycoon with The Great Crush Collision March. One of this man's lost operas was performed for the Roosevelt family and is called A Guest of Honor. This collaborator with Scott Hayden on "Sunflower Slow Drag" created one surviving opera in which the title character is rescued from a (*) wasp nest after attempting to save her kidnapped mother. That work is Treemonisha. A social club in Sedalia inspired this man's best-selling piece, the first in American history to sell one million copies of one piece of sheet music. For 10 points, name this African-American composer of the "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer."
This man composed a waltz whose themes are labeled "Cantabile" called Bethena and paid tribute to a railway tycoon with The Great Crush Collision March.
Scott Joplin