The title of this composer's collaboration with Arthur Marshall, the Swipesy Cakewalk, was suggested by a shy-looking paperboy on the cover, and the early death of this man's wife Freddie inspired his waltz Bethena.
Staccato quarter notes preceded by grace notes represent the whistles of the participants of a disastrous train crash in this man's Great Crush Collision March. The title of this composer's collaboration with Arthur Marshall, the Swipesy Cakewalk, was suggested by a shy-looking paperboy on the cover, and the early death of this man's wife Freddie inspired his waltz Bethena. His own approaching death from syphilis may have caused the melancholy wistfulness of his Magnetic Rag, but he is most famous for a rag named for Missouri's Maple Leaf Club. For 10 points, name this greatest ragtime composer of works like The Entertainer.
Staccato quarter notes preceded by grace notes represent the whistles of the participants of a disastrous train crash in this man's Great Crush Collision March.
Scott Joplin