The Easy Winners
in C major
Scott Joplin 1868–1917
C major
Key
Tempo di marcia
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Themes & character
Self-published·Racetrack imagery·Joplin's confidence·Buoyant character
At a glance
- Key
- C major
- Tempo / character
- Tempo di marcia
About the piece
Published in 1901, unusually self-published by Joplin himself after his regular publisher passed on it. Its title and cover art evoke the racetrack, a winning bet, and the piece has a buoyant, confident character to match.
It came at a high point in Joplin's career, shortly after Maple Leaf Rag had established him as ragtime's leading composer, and shows him experimenting with subtler syncopations than in his earliest, more percussive rags.
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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