Scott Joplin in New York: A Ragtime Mystery

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

EPISODE 284: Scott Joplin, the "King of Ragtime", moved to New York in 1907, at the height of his fame. And yet, he died a decade later, forgotten by the public. He remained nearly forgotten and buried in a communal grave in Queens, until a resurgence of interest in Ragtime in the 1970s. How did this happen? In today's music-packed show, we travel to Missouri, stopping by Sedalia and St. Louis, and interview a range of Ragtime experts to help us understand the mystery of Joplin's forgotten years in New York City. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	Episode 284 of The Bowery Boys
0:02.9	Scott Joplin in New York, a ragtime mystery.
0:07.3	Hey, it's The Bowery Boys.
0:09.0	Hey.
0:10.1	Support for The Bowery Boys is provided by our listeners.
0:13.7	Join us for as little as $1 a month by visiting patreon.com slash Bowery Boys.
0:22.4	Hi there, welcome to The Bowery Boys. This is Greg Young.
0:25.6	And this is Tom Myers.
0:27.4	And today we have a musical mystery to investigate.
0:31.4	The surprising story of Scott Joplin, the king of ragtime, and his years in New York City.
0:39.2	Did I hear you say a musical mystery?
0:43.8	A toe-tapping musical mystery, Greg, because this show is going to be filled with ragtime.
0:49.5	But Greg, I'm going to predict that when I say the name Scott Joplin,
0:55.0	you think of this.
1:15.0	Obviously, that is the entertainer, the beloved song entertainer.
1:19.5	Every time I hear that Tom, I just think of a handsome Paul Newman and a fedora
1:24.6	sitting in front of a poker table in the movie The Sting.
1:29.6	Yes, many people do.
1:31.6	Many other people think of ice cream trucks.
1:35.2	And then some of us have flashbacks to grade school talent shows.
1:40.2	I'm sure.
1:41.2	Sure.
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