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JOplin is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo coooool!==Early years==

After 1871 the Joplin family moved to [[Texarkana, Texas]] and Scott's mother cleaned homes so Scott could have a place to practice his music. By [[1882]] his mother had purchased a piano. Showing musical ability at an Joplin is sooooooooooooooooo cooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joplin was born near [[Linden, Texas]] to Florence Givins and Giles (sometimes listed as "Jiles") Joplin. He was the second of six children. While for many years his date of birth was thought to be [[November 24]] [[1868]], new research by ragtime historian Ed Berlin has revealed that this is inaccurate.

to create a "classical" form of ragtime. He would later further his musical education by attending the George Smith College in [[Sedalia]], studying composition.

==Early years==

After 1871 the Joplin family moved to [[Texarkana, Texas]] and Scott's mother cleaned homes so Scott could have a place to practice his music. By [[1882]] his mother had purchased a piano. Showing musical ability at an early age, the young Joplin received piano lessons for free from a German music teacher, who gave him a well-rounded knowledge of classical music form. This is something that would serve him well in later years, and fuel his ambition to create a "classical" form of ragtime. He would later further his musical education by attending the George Smith College in [[Sedalia]], studying composition.

By the late [[1880s]] Joplin had left home to start a life of his own. He may have joined or formed various quartets and other musical groups and traveled around the midwest to sing. What is known is that he was part of a minstrel troupe in [[Texarkana]] around [[1891]]. In [[1895]], Joplin was in [[Syracuse, New York]], selling two songs, ''Please Say You Will'' and ''A Picture of Her Face''.