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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was a colonizer, born in Montreal, Quebec, and an early, repeated governor of French Louisiana, appointed four separate times during 1701–1743. Born: February 23, 1680, Montreal, Canada Died: March 7, 1767, Paris, France
Creole Compositions, Record sleeve

Cover sheet music: Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Duke Ellington's stay at the Cotton Club has become one of the enduring legends of Jazz.

Letter from Bill Clinton

Interior Mathildenhöhe: temporary concerthall

Interior Mathildenhöhe: temporary concerthall

Scott Joplin, composer and pianist

JOPLIN, SCOTT (1868–1917). Scott Joplin, composer and pianist, called the "King of Ragtime," son of Jiles and Florence (Givins) Joplin, was born about 1867 possibly at Caves Spring, near Linden in Northeast Texas. His father, a laborer and former slave who possessed rudimentary musical ability, moved the family to Texarkana by about 1875. Encouraged by family music making, Scott, at age seven, was proficient in banjo and began to experiment on a piano owned by a neighbor, attorney W. G. Cook, for whom Mrs. Joplin did domestic work.
Scott Joplin, composer and pianist

JOPLIN, SCOTT (1868–1917). Scott Joplin, composer and pianist, called the "King of Ragtime," son of Jiles and Florence (Givins) Joplin, was born about 1867 possibly at Caves Spring, near Linden in Northeast Texas. His father, a laborer and former slave who possessed rudimentary musical ability, moved the family to Texarkana by about 1875. Encouraged by family music making, Scott, at age seven, was proficient in banjo and began to experiment on a piano owned by a neighbor, attorney W. G. Cook, for whom Mrs. Joplin did domestic work.
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