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This composer often marked his music "slow march tempo" and repeatedly wrote that it should never be played quickly. One work by this composer opens with the right and left hand playing the phrase D E C A [pause] B G an octave apart and repeating that phrase again an octave lower. His music was first published by John Stillwell Stark. This composer's popularity was revived after the 1970 release of a (*) Joshua Rifkin album featuring pieces like "Euphonic Sounds." He wrote the opera A Guest of Honor for a meeting between Teddy Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. Music by this composer of "The Easy Winners" and "Elite Syncopations" was heavily used in The Sting. For 10 points, name this African-American composer of "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag."
This composer often marked his music "slow march tempo" and repeatedly wrote that it should never be played quickly.
Scott Joplin