Her name was Florence Givens. She was a freeborn woman from Kentucky.
Scott Joplins
Scott Joplins
Scott Joplin WAS the composer.
Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer and The Rag Time Dance
Scott Joplin was born on November 24, 1868.
Scott Joplin's first wife was Belle Hayden
Ragtime and 1902
Because he a great composer .
Voted "King of Ragtime"
The film The Sting used several of his compositions
He is buried in a Catholic cemetery, and a crucifix hung in his home. Catholic? I don't really know, but many, if not all of his close friends were Catholic.