This composer of the opera (*) Treemonisha commemorated a club in Sedalia, Missouri with a piece commonly claimed to be the first sheet music to have sold a million copies, The Maple Leaf Rag.
The score of this composer's first opera, A Guest of Honor, was repossessed and lost when the box office receipts were stolen. The death of this composer's wife, Freddie, inspired his waltz Bethena. This composer of the opera (*) Treemonisha commemorated a club in Sedalia, Missouri with a piece commonly claimed to be the first sheet music to have sold a million copies, The Maple Leaf Rag. For 10 points, name this African-American composer of The Entertainer, the King of Ragtime.
The score of this composer's first opera, A Guest of Honor, was repossessed and lost when the box office receipts were stolen.
Scott Joplin