The Scott Joplin Documentary by Rudi Blesh 1977

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2020
  • All You Need Is Love: The Story Of Popular Music - I Can Hypnotise 'Dis Nation: Ragtime
    This is episode 2 of the 17 episodes of the All You Need Is Love series.
    In this documentary, a lot of aspects of Scott Joplin's life are discussed by different musicians including Eubie Blake. It's THE Scott Joplin Documentary
    Wikipedia and IMDB on The Story Of Popular Music series:
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    www.imdb.com/title/tt0247846/
    Wikipedia on Scott Joplin:
    Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the King of Ragtime. During his brief career, he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag", became ragtime's first and most influential hit, and has been recognized as the archetypal rag.
    Joplin grew up in a musical family of railway laborers in Texarkana, Arkansas, and developed his own musical knowledge with the help of local teachers. While in Texarkana, Texas, he formed a vocal quartet and taught mandolin and guitar. During the late 1880s he left his job as a railroad laborer and travelled the American South as an itinerant musician. He went to Chicago for the World's Fair of 1893, which played a major part in making ragtime a national craze by 1897.
    Joplin moved to Sedalia, Missouri, in 1894 and earned a living as a piano teacher. There he taught future ragtime composers Arthur Marshall, Scott Hayden and Brun Campbell. He began publishing music in 1895, and publication of his "Maple Leaf Rag" in 1899 brought him fame. This piece had a profound influence on writers of ragtime. It also brought Joplin a steady income for life, though he did not reach this level of success again and frequently had financial problems. In 1901 Joplin moved to St. Louis, where he continued to compose and publish, and regularly performed in the community. The score to his first opera A Guest of Honor was confiscated in 1903 with his belongings for non-payment of bills, and is now considered lost.
    In 1907, Joplin moved to New York City to find a producer for a new opera. He attempted to go beyond the limitations of the musical form that made him famous, but without much monetary success. His second opera, Treemonisha, was never fully staged during his lifetime.
    In 1916, Joplin descended into dementia as a result of syphilis. He was admitted to a mental institution in January 1917, and died there three months later at the age of 48. Joplin's death is widely considered to mark the end of ragtime as a mainstream music format; over the next several years, it evolved with other styles into stride, jazz, and eventually big band swing.
    Joplin's music was rediscovered and returned to popularity in the early 1970s with the release of a million-selling album recorded by Joshua Rifkin. This was followed by the Academy Award-winning 1973 film The Sting that featured several of Joplin's compositions, most notably "The Entertainer", whose performance by pianist Marvin Hamlisch received wide airplay. Treemonisha was finally produced in full, to wide acclaim, in 1972. In 1976, Joplin was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
    00:02:07 - Start of the documentary
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Комментарии • 122

  • @thatrecord5313
    @thatrecord5313 3 года назад +12

    ME: School just started for me. I have 5 AP classes, jazz band, and after school activities (all online of course). I spend 10 hours a day studying and I need something calm my nerves!
    exoticpianoman: How 'bout an hour long documentary on your favorite genre.
    ME:.........yeah, alright.

  • @Msflamingo-wl4qo
    @Msflamingo-wl4qo 3 года назад +19

    I'm from Missouri & I say the great Mr. Scott Joplin is one of us❣ As a Classically trained Pianist, his music is so exciting to play! He lives through his music, through all of us. Thank you for this interesting documentary.

  • @mrgrinch8540
    @mrgrinch8540 Год назад +10

    The reason we have the ragtime today was because Joplin choose not be be like everyone else. It was so easy to fall to the level of minstrel music, or anything that seemed easier. But through his own determination he followed his dreams forgetting about the world.

  • @Mileswayv
    @Mileswayv 3 дня назад +1

    The trillion dollar industry and cultural export that is American music would not exist today without Scott Joplin

  • @MichaelCWBell
    @MichaelCWBell 9 дней назад +1

    Joplin’s rags are accessible to pianists of an intermediate ability and possess a wonderful joy. It was a revelation to me as a teenager learning that he was African-American. It’s like the penny dropped. Thinking as I did that he was white (yes, it does matter for many questions of association and musicality) I wanted to see a picture of this “white man” because I felt it had something special and free. It wasn’t like Felix Arndt or others. I was so pleased to learn about him but also saddened by his terrible later life and illness. Since that time I’ve heard pianists like Monk and Oscar Peterson that have flabbergasted me in their musical invention and integrity. If only Joplin could know of his importance today. Perhaps he did know- I hope so! Thanks for this great video⭐️🌴

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  9 дней назад

      @@MichaelCWBell I totally agree with your comment! I also was really surprised when I found out as a kid

  • @trawlins396
    @trawlins396 Год назад +5

    Thank you to whoever uploaded this. I chose Joplin as the subject of a research project. The older documentaries have better content than the more recent ones. Eubie Blake was a treasure.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  Год назад +3

      I uploaded it and much appreciated 😁 Yes the older documentaries are better with more credible interviews (as for example Eubie actually lived and contributed to the Ragtime era) and I'm happy that I could upload this. Finding good documentaries like these are hard.
      I would highly recommend you checking out the channel of Sugar Bear Mosher where unseen documentaries of Eubie etc. are uploaded!!

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад

      @@itsRemco I will definitely check out that channel. Thx!

  • @nikola2657
    @nikola2657 3 года назад +10

    Wow, I watched the entire video. You're the man! Thank you.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад +4

      Nicee! Thanks 😁

  • @itsRemco
    @itsRemco  3 года назад +16

    Skip to 2:08 because the intro is corny

  • @amazingcato5315
    @amazingcato5315 2 года назад +7

    Good documentary. I've actually seen Eubie Blake perform live in the 70s. He's quite a funny character and a great pianist.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for the comment! Must have been very cool to see him in person! 😁😁

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад

      Lucky!

  • @SQUAREHEADSAM1912
    @SQUAREHEADSAM1912 Год назад +7

    Joplin said in roughly around 1912
    “when I’m dead in 25 years, people are going to begin to recognize me, again.”
    He died only 5-6 years later. Here we are over 100 years later, and he is still recognized. Although he unfortunately is no longer in the spotlight, he will be remembered though time as the great “King of Ragtime”.

    • @mrgrinch8540
      @mrgrinch8540 Год назад

      Square head Sam, your truly a ragtime veteran, all I see are your comments on ragtime videos, I remember when you explained in the 1977 Joplin movie, you mentioned how another piece should have closed out the movie, I forgot which one, but the one that did was gladiolus rag

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад +1

      He deserves to have a bigger place in history. Especially black history.

    • @mrgrinch8540
      @mrgrinch8540 Год назад +2

      ​@@trawlins396 Yes he deserves it. But I think would do more justice to have his music played more. Thats what he did all his life after all...

    • @SQUAREHEADSAM1912
      @SQUAREHEADSAM1912 Год назад +3

      @@trawlins396 I say history in general. He should be remembered by more people, sadly even today he isn’t remembered to the degree he should be.

    • @thesucka397
      @thesucka397 3 месяца назад

      @@SQUAREHEADSAM1912 I know you said this ten months ago, but I have a question. How important do you think he really is, and what do you think jazz would sound like without his music? I've just began to wonder if he really is the great composer I always viewed him as.

  • @KenneyCmusic
    @KenneyCmusic Год назад +3

    Great documentary. I love Scott Joplin and ragtime.

  • @markherron1407
    @markherron1407 8 месяцев назад +1

    Scott Joplin is 9 of Hearts 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 Happy Birthday to Scott Joplin REST IN POWER and Merry Christmas 🎄🎁⛄🎅🤶 Blessings and Hugs 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

  • @urbexpiano7949
    @urbexpiano7949 3 года назад +5

    This goes deep

  • @none5020
    @none5020 3 года назад +3

    Extremely interesting and very depressing. Thanks for the upload.

  • @chRizma
    @chRizma 2 года назад +2

    Fascinating, depressing and beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

  • @puoesseremostrato1584
    @puoesseremostrato1584 13 дней назад

    48:56
    "I was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the seventh day of February eighteen-eighty-three. ..."
    My goodness 😳 ... our host - Mr Eubie Blake - lived to be One-Hundred years of age!!
    Wow 😮

  • @ethanmendoza5216
    @ethanmendoza5216 3 года назад +3

    Thanks for this

  • @pamtebelman2321
    @pamtebelman2321 2 года назад +1

    A great documentary! We are blessed to have had his amazing talent for a short time and to be able to continue to enjoy it today through others. He and his music were misunderstood and undervalued, but to me, ragtime is the happiest music that was ever created. Thank you for this wonderful tribute to a musical genius!

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  2 года назад

      Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you've came across the docu 😁

  • @calvinhuber5779
    @calvinhuber5779 3 года назад +3

    Hey !!Exotic I m glad you are doing well and wanted to thank you so much for the care time and attention you take in all your videos to preserve this important music!!! I have personally introduced or re introduced several of my friends (Some of them musicians themselves !! ) to this era of music ..ragtime stride and swing ... through your channel I also find your tips on piano and resources very valuable !!! Please KEEP UP THE INCREDIBALY FINE WORK!!!!!

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Calvin! Comments like yours really give me the motivation to provide more people of some good quality info/resources! Soon I'm also going to upload my own piano performances in the type of videos people won't forget 😌 stay tuned 😶

  • @eurekify1563
    @eurekify1563 2 года назад +4

    Scott Joplin's grave now lies without any trees over it, within eyesight of a Bed Bath & Beyond. Let that sink in.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  2 года назад +1

      Ahh that's a shame

    • @SQUAREHEADSAM1912
      @SQUAREHEADSAM1912 2 года назад +2

      I’ve actually been to his grave, I didn’t see any bed bath & beyond…
      But yes, the trees are gone, but a quote from his opera on a bench sits there, and reads “we shall rest awile”

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад

      ​@@SQUAREHEADSAM1912 Is his grave in NYC?

  • @jg11x11
    @jg11x11 4 месяца назад +1

    Pretty cool John Stark was a straight up person and didn’t give The shamwow to super genius Scott Joplin. That’s a great story

  • @carolcollins-miles6504
    @carolcollins-miles6504 3 года назад +1

    I applaud Rudi👏👏👏

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад +1

      Glad you found the channel :)

    • @carolcollins-miles6504
      @carolcollins-miles6504 3 года назад

      @@itsRemco Great! Thank you. I shared on my and Scott Joplin Support Group Facebook timelines.

  • @gordonhaire9206
    @gordonhaire9206 2 года назад

    3:33 is an amazing photographic composition.

  • @autsni
    @autsni 3 года назад

    As soon as I woke up I looked at my notifications and saw the thumbnail of this video, it's pretty spooky man

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад +1

      Okayyy I'm going to change it 😂

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад

      Thanks for the feedback tho!

  • @itsRemco
    @itsRemco  3 года назад

    31:20, James Scott - Calilope Rag
    49:45, Joseph Lamb - Alaskan Rag

  • @curiousassortment
    @curiousassortment 4 месяца назад

    Very fine documentary. I'd like to know how Maple Leaf took off , selling millions of copies, w/o advertising. Thanks.

  • @aswomebro2601
    @aswomebro2601 2 года назад

    13:48 this is a great transition

  • @marcorval
    @marcorval 10 месяцев назад +1

    I've always wondered why the likes of Joplin never get the attention of concert pianists.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  10 месяцев назад +1

      Right? I think it's just not meant for the elites

  • @samaval9920
    @samaval9920 3 месяца назад

    Scott Joplin was. US a Strauss- like some Caribbean , S American,
    W European, E European- composers who combined various
    local rural folk & urban popular music + European classic music
    techniques.

    • @samaval9920
      @samaval9920 3 месяца назад

      Another US Strauss was .Louis Moreau Gottschalk, & Steven Foster ?!

  • @debmoulton2241
    @debmoulton2241 4 месяца назад

    Scott Joplin would be livid from that rendition of Maple Leaf Rag played at 19:40. It's WAY too fast. In fact, the sheet music specifies it not be played fast. Honor the composer!

  • @PJGRAND
    @PJGRAND 6 месяцев назад +2

    A lot has been discovered since Rudy blesh did his first investigation of Joplin back in 1950 especially by Edward Berlin and Rick Benjamin the fact is Joplin performed Treemonisha many times with orchestra I even saw a picture of the first Treemonisha it was Edward Berlin discovered Freddie Alexander most likely Joplin second wife tragically died only a few weeks after they were married but is now known that a guest of honor was pretty widely performed by Joplin also in 1915 a symphony orchestra concert featured frolic of the bears which Joplin retitled Dance of the bears but that whole rehearsal Hall myth is nothing but myth Treemonisha Joplin performed his second opera several times in 1916 with full costumes and orchestra a lot of the information I'm getting is from Rick Benjamin's notes to his 2011 recording of Treemonisha Joplin didn't die of a broken heart he died of syphilis Joplin had a lot of plans he announced his first symphony and also he wrote a piano concerto which was lost a number of Joplin's pieces especially his classical pieces were lost Joplin considered his ragtime to be classical and Joplin more similar is way more similar to Mozart than to Louis Armstrong and Joplin's music was not rediscovered untill Joshua Rifkin released the first authentic recording of Joplin's rags in 1970 Rudy Blesh was not a professional historian he missed so many facts about Joplin's life when they were much easier to find in 1950 another big goof by Rudy Blesh was to compare Joe lamb and James Scott to Joplin Lamb and Scott wrote some great rags but neither composer was in the same league as Scott Joplin musicians like me consider Scott Joplin to be one of the greatest composers ever there's very little music we have of Joplin that isn't first rate but Joe lamb and James Scott both wrote some excellent rags but many of their rags they wrote were quite amateurish when compared to Scott Joplin who most historians now consider to be America's first truly great composer

    • @thesucka397
      @thesucka397 3 месяца назад

      I'm surprised they even took a picture of the first treemonisha performance where did you even find it?

    • @PJGRAND
      @PJGRAND 3 месяца назад

      @@thesucka397Treemonisha Joplin performed it several times in 1916 what full orchestra and costumes Rock Benjamin there's a lot of stuff previously unknown about Joplin in the booklet that comes with the 2011 recording of the Opera on New World Records get yourself a copy make sure they put in that big thick book because that's worth more than the recording I'm really thrilled to show you this information

    • @thesucka397
      @thesucka397 3 месяца назад

      @@PJGRAND I'm just as thrilled as you are, also by "big thick book" do you mean the score for treemonisha?

  • @bruceweaver1518
    @bruceweaver1518 5 месяцев назад

    About the time this documentary was made, Ragtime was going through a reinassance in the Classical World. I think Joplin had more popularity in the Seventies than he had when he was alive. I remember seeing a recording of “Treemonisha “ by Deutsche Grammaphone. I always wanted to hear it but alas! Never got to. I do know it was finally given a full performance at the University of Chicago in the Eighties. Were these clips from the Houston Opera Comoany part of that German recording, or was it a new version entirely?

  • @Loudeboss
    @Loudeboss 3 года назад

    Anyone know where the theme starting at 46:15 is from?

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад

      It's a piece from Scott Joplin's Treemonisha, I'll come back to it with the title

    • @Loudeboss
      @Loudeboss 3 года назад

      @@itsRemco That'd be sweet, thanks!

    • @Loudeboss
      @Loudeboss 3 года назад

      Actually I just found it: A Real Slow Drag !

  • @dlynskey4310
    @dlynskey4310 Год назад

    Its remco quick Question ive heard a lot of franz liszt pie es including hr2 and 6 but what piece is played at 5:02 through 5:07 btw great documentary

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  Год назад

      It's still Hungarian Rhapsody

  • @MichaelCWBell
    @MichaelCWBell 9 дней назад

    I’d like to know about the appropriate tempi for Joplin’s rags. Did he suggest these himself at all? My guess is that they’re generally played too fast today?

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  9 дней назад

      @@MichaelCWBell That's an interesting debate, his sheet music states "Don't play too fast". But "fast" is very subjective as today's music is very much different.

  • @aswomebro2601
    @aswomebro2601 2 года назад +1

    Doesn't it seem so mysterious when a composer "destroys" A manuscript. I know its a simple thing to imagine, but think about working so hard on something, and burning it.

  • @samaval9920
    @samaval9920 3 месяца назад

    Cakewalk &! Ragtime were US
    1st 2! dance song music exports.

  • @fabm6724
    @fabm6724 3 года назад +2

    What is the name of the melody at 31:20-32:57?

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад +1

      James Scott - Calilope Rag

  • @NoahSpurrier
    @NoahSpurrier 7 месяцев назад

    4:50 got me.

  • @dharmaart
    @dharmaart 10 месяцев назад

    Who is playing the entertainer at the beginning

  • @MrShadows-vh3er
    @MrShadows-vh3er 3 месяца назад

    I gotta know what the music at 22:49 is

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 месяца назад

      Eli Green's Cakewalk. It was mentioned by Terry Waldo around 1 min after 22:49

  • @ziqizhu7364
    @ziqizhu7364 Месяц назад

    Hello! do you have "Scott Joplin: Black American Classicist" by any chance?

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  Месяц назад

      Hi! Is that a documentary as well? I have never heard of that title and the google results don't give me a clear answer

  • @judews2868
    @judews2868 8 месяцев назад

    What's the song at 22:50?

    • @judews2868
      @judews2868 8 месяцев назад

      Nvm I found it- says the name a little bit later

  • @none5020
    @none5020 3 года назад +1

    Thumbnail looks terrifying.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for feedback! I'm going to change it 😂

  • @Doug19752533
    @Doug19752533 2 года назад

    32:10 and on..... whats the music?

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  2 года назад

      James Scott - Calilope Rag

  • @tenprinthello8127
    @tenprinthello8127 3 года назад +2

    33:15: "Joplin wrote an opera" followed by about a minute of video of a live performance by a theatre company with narration about his hard work.
    Me: Ah, this must be a bit of that opera, I'm sure it must have been performed at some point...
    34:30: "All trace of the original manuscript has vanished"
    Me: So WTF am I watching?

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад

      Weird events right hahah

    • @MadameCorgi
      @MadameCorgi 3 года назад

      He won a pulizer after the 74 revival so copies must exist

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад +1

      @@MadameCorgi With events like that I'm always like: who's grandpa has some sheets somewhere?

    • @vaughn4613
      @vaughn4613 2 года назад

      I think a parts or traces of the opera can be found in Antoinette, because of the style and how the piece sounded like ruclips.net/video/3zk8yRKT0Q0/видео.html

    • @vaughn4613
      @vaughn4613 2 года назад

      But thats just a hypothesis, this isnt confirmed

  • @notelef3356
    @notelef3356 3 года назад +2

    Hey this is different

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  3 года назад +4

      It is, it's history.

  • @figsuejas
    @figsuejas Год назад

    Could someone tell the name of the old man

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  Год назад

      Which one, there wre more old men in the docu

  • @dlynskey4310
    @dlynskey4310 Год назад

    Imo scott joplin is so underrated and misunderstood people don't comprehend the importance and Historical impact this man had on society and maybe even alien civilizations who knows all I know is this man is incredible and I am lost for words at my deep and intense infatuation and admiration for this man he is my favorite composer ever imo better if not just as good as likes of mozart and beethoven and i hereby solemnly swear with all of my heart and soul and bodyan oath to strive with everything i got to make my music be as incredible as or maybe even outperform (but I probably won't outperform his amazing talent) this man! btw thanks for the recommendation your videos are great btw if you can or not too busy you could impove the mr jelly roll lord by jelly roll morton video audio it getting a bit low quality and also please do lily queen by scott joplin thanks bye! ps sorry for the long comment.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  Год назад

      All of the old jelly roll morton uploads are being re-issued and lily queen is already scheduled 😁

  • @eurekify1563
    @eurekify1563 2 года назад

    [37:04] Is he imitating Joplin or did I miss something?

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  2 года назад

      Yeah he's imitating Scott's breathing in his last period of his life

    • @eurekify1563
      @eurekify1563 2 года назад

      @@itsRemco I thought he said he lived 17 years after

    • @Doug19752533
      @Doug19752533 2 года назад

      @@eurekify1563 Rudi met Joplin in late 1916, Joplin died in 1917

    • @SQUAREHEADSAM1912
      @SQUAREHEADSAM1912 2 года назад

      @@itsRemco I know within the last several months of his life he also developed a severe shaking, making it nearly impossible to play piano.

  • @PJGRAND
    @PJGRAND 2 года назад +1

    Ragtime is not Jazz

  • @outwiththem
    @outwiththem 2 года назад +3

    Bad name for good music. Happy music. Not the garbage they make since the 1980's on.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  2 года назад +2

      Totally agree

    • @joshuaklein2859
      @joshuaklein2859 10 месяцев назад

      Wow! I never even thought of it! Your right!! Go figure accepting terms as gospel... probably a white man coined term?

    • @outwiththem
      @outwiththem 10 месяцев назад

      @@joshuaklein2859 I read people cleaning offices used to put i while cleaning with rags, no paper towels used much in 1890. Ragstime.

  • @JackyTheBatty
    @JackyTheBatty 2 года назад

    That intro is wayyyyy too long.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  2 года назад +1

      And whack

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад

      I thought it was very informative. Shows a small piece of what the American mindset was in the late 1800s.

  • @trawlins396
    @trawlins396 Год назад

    Did anyone else catch what Eubie Blake said at 5:22??? 🤣🤣🫢😮😮
    "The _______ can do no wrong.". Referring to Franz Liszt.

    • @itsRemco
      @itsRemco  Год назад

      "The keys can do no wrong." or "The kings can do no wrong." Is it an American saying or something? 😂

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад +1

      @@itsRemco actually he said the "kinkz" can do no wrong. It's an old slur used to describe J's. If I elaborate anymore YT will ban my comment.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад

      @@itsRemco it's an insult that refers to their "kinky" hair.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Год назад

      @@itsRemco starts with J. Rhymes with "shoes".

    • @fraukeschwadron-bl1wf
      @fraukeschwadron-bl1wf 6 месяцев назад

      Are you sure? If I am not wrong, the "kinks" refers to people with an afro background while what you're allusing to is the word with k that rhymes with bike. I'm not a native speaker, though. By the way, Liszt was not from "shoe-ish" descent.