Why Scott Joplin Was America's First Pop Star

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00:00 Intro
01:15 Title Card
01:23 King of Ragtime
01:57 Precursors to Ragtime
03:27 Minstrel Music
04:45 Ragtime Explosion
05:24 Music Theory
06:09 Tempo
06:45 Treemonisha
08:14 Death and Legacy
09:25 Revival and Conclusion