Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin was a well-known composer. At first, Joplin's piano lessons didn't contain ragtime - which is s a musical style that was popular between 1895 and 1919. Joplin left Texas when he was in his teenagerhood. Scott worked as a piano player and also granted lessons for guitar and mandolin. Later, in his twenties, he settled in Sedalia, Missouri.