List of compositions by Scott Joplin

This is a complete list of musical compositions by Scott Joplin (1867 or 1868 – April 1, 1917).

Scott Joplin in 1907

Sheet music cover page, 1901

Sheet music cover page, 1905

Sheet music cover page, 1909

Sheet music cover page, 1914

There are many inconsistencies between the titles of compositions, their subtitles and their respective cover titles, which was seen by one writer as reflecting "an editorial casualness", and indicating a genre in which many different dance-steps could be performed interchangeably.^[1] In addition, there are also inconsistencies between the publishing date, and the date of copyright registration. In some instances, copyright notices were not registered. In all cases, musical compositions are listed by date of publication, using their cover titles and subtitles.^[2]

Title	Form	Year	Comments
Please Say You Will	Song	1895	Lyrics by Scott Joplin
A Picture Of Her Face	Song	1895	Lyrics by Scott Joplin
Great Crush Collision March	March	1896
Combination March	March	1896
Harmony Club Waltz	Waltz	1896
Original Rags	Rag	1899	Arranged by Charles N. Daniels
Maple Leaf Rag	Rag	1899
Swipesy Cakewalk	Cakewalk	1900	With Arthur Marshall
Peacherine Rag	Rag	1901
Sunflower Slow Drag	Rag Time Two Step	1901	With Scott Hayden
Augustan Club Waltz	Waltz	1901
I Am Thinking Of My Pickaninny Days	Song	1901	Lyrics by Henry Jackson
The Easy Winners	Rag Time Two Step	1901
Cleopha	March and Two Step	1902
A Breeze From Alabama	Rag Time Two Step	1902
Elite Syncopations	Rag	1902
The Entertainer	Rag Time Two Step	1902
March Majestic	March	1902
The Strenuous Life	Rag Time Two Step	1902
The Ragtime Dance	Song	1902	Lyrics by Scott Joplin
Something Doing	Cakewalk March	1903	With Scott Hayden
Weeping Willow	Rag Time Two Step	1903
Little Black Baby	Song	1903	Lyrics by Louise Armstrong Bristol
Palm Leaf Rag	Slow Drag	1903
A Guest Of Honor	Rag Time Opera	1903	Lost
Maple Leaf Rag	Song	1904	Lyrics by Sydney Brown
The Sycamore	Concert Rag	1904
The Favorite	Rag Time Two Step	1904
The Cascades	Rag	1904
The Chrysanthemum	Afro-intermezzo	1904
Bethena	Concert Waltz	1905
Binks' Waltz	Waltz	1905
Sarah Dear	Song	1905	Lyrics by Henry Jackson
The Rosebud March	Two Step	1905
Leola	Two Step	1905
Eugenia		1906
The Ragtime Dance	Stop Time Two Step	1906
Antoinette	March and Two Step	1906
Nonpareil (None To Equal)		1907
When Your Hair Is Like The Snow	Song	1907	Lyrics by Owen Spendthrift
Gladiolus Rag	Rag	1907
Searchlight Rag	Syncopated March and Two Step	1907
Lily Queen	Rag Time Two Step	1907	With Arthur Marshall
Rose Leaf Rag	Rag Time Two Step	1907
Heliotrope Bouquet	Slow Drag Two Step	1907	With Louis Chauvin
Fig Leaf Rag	Rag	1908
Wall Street Rag	Rag	1908
Sugar Cane	Rag Time Classic Two Step	1908
Sensation	Rag	1908	By Joseph F. Lamb; arranged by Scott Joplin
Pine Apple Rag	Rag	1908
School Of Rag Time - 6 Exercises For Piano	Exercises	1908
Pleasant Moments	Rag Time Waltz	1909
Solace	Mexican Serenade	1909
Country Club	Rag Time Two Step	1909
Euphonic Sounds	Syncopated Novelty	1909
Paragon Rag	Syncopated Novelty	1909
Stop Time Rag	Rag	1910
Pine Apple Rag	Song	1910	Lyrics by Joe Snyder
Treemonisha	Opera	1911
Felicity Rag	Rag	1911	With Scott Hayden
Scott Joplin's New Rag	Rag	1912
Kismet Rag	Rag	1913	With Scott Hayden
A Real Slow Drag	Slow Drag	1913	Excerpt from Treemonisha
Silver Swan Rag	Rag	1914	Originally published only on piano rollsheet music. Sheet music published in 1971
Magnetic Rag	Rag	1914
Pretty Pansy Rag	Rag	1915?	Incomplete, unpublished, and lost
Recitative Rag	Rag	1915?	Incomplete, unpublished, and lost
For The Sake Of All	Song	1915?	Incomplete, unpublished, and lost
Morning Glory		1915?	Incomplete, unpublished, and lost
Reflection Rag (Syncopated Musings)	Rag	1917	Published posthumously by Stark, likely from much older unpublished manuscripts

References

1. ^ Vera Brodsky Lawrence, Editor's Note pix, Scott Joplin Complete Piano Works, New York Public Library, 1981.
2. ^ Index p. 325, Scott Joplin Complete Piano Works, New York Public Library, 1981.