Something Doing
in F major
Scott Joplin 1868–1917
F major
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Tempo di marcia
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Themes & character
Written with Scott Hayden·Cakewalk subtitle·Collaborative rag·Published 1903
At a glance
- Key
- F major
- Tempo / character
- Tempo di marcia
About the piece
Published in 1903 and subtitled A Ragtime Two Step, this rag was written jointly with Scott Hayden, a younger musician from Sedalia who had been Joplin's student and who briefly became his brother-in-law.
Joplin collaborated with Hayden on four rags in all. Their partnership ended early: Hayden's wife, Joplin's sister-in-law, died in childbirth, and Hayden published almost nothing afterward.
The composer
Scott Joplin
1868–1917
Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag", became the genre's first and most influential hit, later being recognized as the quintessential rag. Joplin considered ragtime to be a form of classical music meant to be played in concert halls and largely disdained the performance of ragtime as honky tonk music most common in saloons.
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