Why was Scott joplin institutionalized?

Answer 1

most of Joplin's efforts involved Treemonisha, which synthesized his musical ideas into a conventional, three-act Opera. He also wrote the libretto, about a mythical black leader, and choreographed it. Treemonisha had only one semipublic performance during Joplin's lifetime; he became obsessed with its success, suffered a nervous breakdown and collapse in 1911, and was institutionalized in 1916