Chatterbox: Down to Earth

I found out that yesterday, April Fools, was the 100th anniversary of Scott Joplin's death!! I was really excited, until I realized that it was a death. Should I be excited about the anniversary of someone's death, or should I mourn the loss of a life? Anyways, does anybody else still know who he is? I told my mom about it, and she was just confused. Which was kind of disappointing, but maybe I'm just too much of a music geek. Most people know some of the more famous things he wrote, like The Entertainer and the Maple Leaf Rag. Do you guys recognize him? Do you like the type of music he wrote? 

Merlin's beard, I wish I had created a captcha, it said "oioe", which my auto-correct tried to correct to oboe. I'm pretty sure Scott Joplin didn't write music for the oboe. :)

Oh, but his great rags have been arranged for various instrumental groups, including orchestras that include an oboe or two! I love his music.

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