Born in Texas in 1868, he showed an early aptitude for music and when he moved to Missouri in 1894, at some point he was exposed to Ragtime. He mastered the form and began to compose pieces and ...

He studied the piano and later pursued music and piano studies at ... His best-known works include ‘Maple Leaf Rag’ and ‘The Entertainer’, the latter of which was very much Joplin’s “theme tune”. The ...