List of works by Scott Joplin

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There were some 75 works by Joplin published during his lifetime, and two posthumously. Some of his works are since long lost and their names unknown. Since no numbering system exist, Joplin's works are listed here by the date of publication and genre.

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Works sorted by publication date

1895-99

Please Say You Will (1895)
A Picture of Her Face (1895)
Great Crush Collision – (The Crush Collision March) (1896)
Combination March (1896)
Harmony Club Waltz (1896)
Original Rags (1899); arranged by Charles N. Daniels
Maple Leaf Rag (1899)

1900

Swipesy Cakewalk (1900) – with Arthur Marshall

1901

Peacherine Rag (1901)
Sunflower Slow Drag – A Rag Time Two Step (1901) – with Scott Hayden
Augustan Club Waltz (1901)
The Easy Winners – Ragtime Two Step (1901)

1902

Cleopha – March and Two Step (1902)
A Breeze From Alabama – Ragtime Two Step (1902)
Elite Syncopations (1902)
The Entertainer – Ragtime Two Step (1902)
I Am Thinking of My Pickanniny Days (1902); lyrics by Henry Jackson
March Majestic (1902)
The Strenuous Life – Ragtime Two Step (1902)
The Ragtime Dance (1902); lyrics by Scott Joplin

1903

A Guest of Honor – Opera in Three Acts (lost) (1903)
Something Doing – Cake Walk March (1903) – with Scott Hayden
Weeping Willow – Ragtime Two Step (1903)
Little Black Baby (1903); lyrics by Louis Armstrong Bristol
Palm Leaf Rag – A Slow Drag (1903)

1904

The Sycamore – A Concert Rag (1904)
The Favourite – Ragtime Two Step (1904)
The Cascades – A Rag (1904)
The Chrysanthemum – An Afro-Intermezzo (1904)
Maple Leaf Rag - Song (song version; words by Sydney Brown) (1904)

1905

Bethena – A Concert Waltz (1905)
Binks' Waltz (1905)
Sarah Dear (1905); lyrics by Henry Jackson
Rosebud – March and Two Step (1905)
Leola – Two Step (1905)

1906

Eugenia (1906)
The Ragtime Dance – A Stop-Time Two Step (1906)
Antoinette – March and Two Step (1906)
Good-bye Old Gal Good-bye - (music by Mac Darden; arr. by Scott Joplin; words by H. Carroll Taylor) (1906)

1907

Nonpareil (None to Equal) (1907)
Snoring Sampson - A Quarrel in Ragtime (words & music by Harry La Mertha; arr. by Scott Joplin) (1907)
When Your Hair Is Like the Snow (1907) lyrics by Owen Spendthrift
Gladiolus Rag (1907)
Searchlight Rag – A Syncopated March and Two Step (1907)
Lily Queen – Ragtime Two-Step (1907) – with Arthur Marshall
Rose Leaf Rag – Ragtime Two-Step (1907)
Heliotrope Bouquet – A Slow Drag Two-Step (1907) – with Louis Chauvin

1908

School of Ragtime – 6 Exercises for Piano (1908)
Fig Leaf Rag (1908)
Wall Street Rag (1908)
Sugar Cane – Ragtime Classic Two Step (1908)
Sensation – A Rag (1908); by Joseph F. Lamb, arranged by Scott Joplin

1909

Pleasant Moments – Ragtime Waltz (1909)
Solace – A Mexican Serenade (1909)
Country Club – Rag Time Two Step (1909)
Euphonic Sounds – A Syncopated Novelty (1909)
Paragon Rag – A Syncopated Novelty (1909)

1910-15

Pine Apple Rag (1910)
Stoptime Rag (1910)
Lovin' Babe - (words & music by Al. R. Turner; arr. by Scott Joplin) (1911)
Treemonisha (1911)
Felicity Rag (1911) – with Scott Hayden
Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)
Kismet Rag (1913) – with Scott Hayden
Magnetic Rag (1914)
Morning Glories - incomplete, unpublished, and lost (1915)
For the Sake of All - incomplete, unpublished, and lost (1915)
Pretty Pansy - incomplete, unpublished, and lost (1915?)
Recitative Rag - incomplete, unpublished, and lost (1915?)

Posth.

Reflection Rag – Syncopated Musings (1917)
Silver Swan Rag (1971) (attributed to Scott Joplin)

Works sorted by genre

Syncopated

47 piano works (2 lost); including 2 collaborations with Arthur Marshall, 4 with Scott Hayden, 1 with Louis Chauvin.

Original Rags (1899); arranged by Charles N. Daniels
Maple Leaf Rag (1899)
Swipesy Cakewalk (1900) – with Arthur Marshall
Peacherine Rag (1901)
Sunflower Slow Drag – A Rag Time Two Step (1901) – with Scott Hayden
The Easy Winners – Ragtime Two Step (1901)
Cleopha – March and Two Step (1902)
A Breeze From Alabama – Ragtime Two Step (1902)
Elite Syncopations (1902)
The Entertainer – Ragtime Two Step (1902)
The Strenuous Life – Ragtime Two Step (1902)
Something Doing – Ragtime Two Step (1903) – with Scott Hayden
Weeping Willow – Ragtime Two Step (1903)
Palm Leaf Rag – A Slow Drag (1903)
The Sycamore – A Concert Rag (1904)
The Favourite – Ragtime Two Step (1904)
The Chrysanthemum - An Afro-American Intermezzo (1904)
The Cascades – A Rag (1904)
Bethena – A Concert Waltz (1905)
Leola – Two Step (1905)
The Ragtime Dance (1906); piano version
Eugenia (1906)
Nonpareil (None to Equal) - A Rag & Two Step (1907)
Gladiolus Rag (1907)
Searchlight Rag – A Syncopated March and Two Step (1907)
Lily Queen – Ragtime Two-Step (1907) – with Arthur Marshall
Rose Leaf Rag – Ragtime Two-Step (1907)
Heliotrope Bouquet – A Slow Drag Two-Step (1907) – with Louis Chauvin
Fig Leaf Rag - A High Class Rag (1908)
Sugar Cane – Ragtime Classic Two Step (1908)
Sensation – A Rag (1908); by Joseph F. Lamb, arranged by Scott Joplin
Pine Apple Rag (1908)
Wall Street Rag (1908)
Pleasant Moments – Ragtime Waltz (1909)
Solace – A Mexican Serenade (1909)
Country Club – Rag Time Two Step (1909)
Euphonic Sounds – A Syncopated Novelty (1909)
Paragon Rag – A Syncopated Novelty (1909)
Stoptime Rag (1910)
Felicity Rag (1911) – with Scott Hayden
Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)
Kismet Rag (1913) – with Scott Hayden
Magnetic Rag (1914)
Pretty Pansy - incomplete, unpublished, and lost (1915?)
Recitative Rag - incomplete, unpublished, and lost (1915?)
Reflection Rag – Syncopated Musings (1917)
Silver Swan Rag (1971) (attributed to Scott Joplin)

Non-Syncopated

8 piano works; 5 marches and 3 waltzes.

Great Crush Collision – (The Crush Collision March) (1896)
Combination March (1896)
Harmony Club Waltz (1896)
Augustan Club Waltz (1901)
March Majestic (1902)
Binks' Waltz (1905)
Rosebud – Two Step (1905)
Antoinette – March and Two Step (1906)

Songs

13 songs (2 lost); Except where noted, words and music are by Joplin.

Please Say You Will (1895)
A Picture of Her Face (1895)
I Am Thinking of My Pickanniny Days (1902); lyrics by Henry Jackson
Little Black Baby (1903); lyrics by Louis Armstrong Bristol
Maple Leaf Rag - Song (song version of 1899 rag; words by Sydney Brown) (1904)
Sarah Dear (1905); lyrics by Henry Jackson
Good-bye Old Gal Good-bye - (music by Mac Darden; arr. by Scott Joplin; words by H. Carroll Taylor) (1906)
Snoring Sampson - A Quarrel in Ragtime (words & music by Harry La Mertha; arr. by Scott Joplin) (1907)
When Your Hair Is Like the Snow (1907) lyrics by Owen Spendthrift
Pine Apple Rag (1910)
Lovin' Babe - (words & music by Al. R. Turner; arr. by Scott Joplin) (1911)
Morning Glories - incomplete, unpublished, and lost (1915)
For the Sake of All - incomplete, unpublished, and lost (1915)

Stage Works

5 works (3 lost); 2 operas; one folk ballet for piano, singing narrator, and dancers; one vaudeville (lost); one musical comedy (lost).

A Guest of Honor - Opera in Three Acts (lost) (1903)
The Ragtime Dance - (Folk ballet for piano, singing narrator, and dancers; first performed 1899) (1902)
Treemonisha - Opera in Three Acts (1911)
Syncopated Jamboree - vaudeville (lost) (1915)
If - musical comedy (lost) (1916)

Other

2 works (one lost); 1 ragtime instructional manual, 1 symphony (lost).

School of Ragtime - 6 Exercises for Piano - Instructional Manual (1908)
Symphony No.1 - (lost) (1916?)
Piano Concerto - (lost) (1916?)