List of compositions by Scott Joplin

Works by Scott Joplin

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

• 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 of 1899 rag; words by Sydney Brown) (1904)

1905

• Bethena – A Concert Waltz (1905)
• Binks' Waltz (1905)
• Sarah Dear (1905); lyrics by Henry Jackson
• Rosebud – 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 - (lost) (1915)
• For the Sake of All - (lost) (1915)
• Pretty Pansy - lost (1915?)
• Recitative Rag - 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 - lost (1915?)
• Recitative Rag - 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 - (lost) (1915)
• For the Sake of All - (lost) (1915)

Stage Works

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

• A Guest of Honor - Opera (lost) (1903)
• The Ragtime Dance - (Folk ballet for piano, singing narrator, and dancers; first performed 1899) (1906)
• 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?)