# Happy Birthday Scott Joplin **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911 "2019-11-24T15:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/1 "2019-11-24T15:03:59Z")
Here’s an arrangement of “Something Doing” - [https://youtu.be/ZXjJ5fwEEls](https://youtu.be/ZXjJ5fwEEls) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/2 "2019-11-24T15:08:50Z")
Love me some Joplin. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/3 "2019-11-24T15:43:16Z")
Happy 151st, Mr. Joplin. I wonder how far your talents could have evolved, if there were only penicillin in your lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/4 "2019-11-24T15:44:50Z")
Wonderful to be reminded. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/5 "2019-11-24T16:07:21Z")
[Solace (A Mexican Serenade)](https://youtu.be/JQt1NBajvKM) - rather unusual as it’s in fact a tango. Some may recognize it as the music that plays over the menu screens of _Bioshock: Infinite_. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/6 "2019-11-24T16:17:23Z")
^ Marvin Hamlisch left off the beginning 3 [sup]1[/sup]/[sub]2[/sub] minutes of “Solace” for the “The Sting” soundtrack. Pressed for time, I guess. Lovely song in either version. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/7 "2019-11-24T19:31:17Z")
My sister and I played piano, we love this stuff, unfortunately for me I was a mediocre player. Salieri to her Mozart, if you will. She could play The Entertainer like no one’s business, as a little kid. I like this one too. (Bonus-cool ice sculptures) Sugar Cane Rag [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ds71-B7Neog/hqdefault.jpg "Scott Joplin - Sugar Cane Rag") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds71-B7Neog) One more. Easy Winner [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NdCBT_VHnUk/hqdefault.jpg "Easy Winner played by Scott Joplin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdCBT_VHnUk) ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/8 "2019-11-24T21:08:12Z")
I recently heard this version of _Bethena_, which is one of my favorites, done by a classical pianist. It’s a bit different, but I like it. I think it’s a eulogy to Joplin’s late wife, and this really captures that essence. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eazwucoR2iI/hqdefault.jpg "SCOTT JOPLIN - Bethena (A Concert Waltz) - MASSIMILIANO DAMERINI piano") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eazwucoR2iI) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/9 "2019-11-24T22:07:04Z")
I painted a Scott Joplin mural on a club facade. That was fun. (Not!) Painting on brick is tough. I learned to use a precise air-gun to outline. I just got a cramp in my hand thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-scott-joplin/843911/10 "2019-11-25T10:49:33Z")
Have you heard Joplin’s opera _Treemonisha_? It was largely undiscovered until the 1970s, and is very different from other operas I’ve heard.