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History Pub: About Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Spaces of Deschutes County: 1900-1918
When Bend became a city in 1905, ragtime music by Midwesterner Scott Joplin and other African American composers dominated entertainment venues across the US. Even in Deschutes County, Oregon, ragtime enlivened town life for at least 20 years, proving unexpected ties to Tin Pan Alley and the Eastern commercial music industry at the turn of the 20th century. Joplin’s joyful compositions reflected the vibrancy of the first generation of African Americans born after the Emancipation Proclamation. Today, Joplin’s piano rags rank among the world’s artistic masterworks.
Kendra Kay Friar, EdD, is an adjunct professor of music at Pacific University and the academic editor of the Journal of General Music Education. She has worked as an elementary music teacher, a children’s choir director, and Portland-based collaborative pianist for over 20 years. Her work has been published in Music Educators Journal, Journal of General Music Education, and Oregon Music Educator. In 2021, she received the Outstanding Elementary Music Educator Award from Oregon Music Educators Association. She researches music education history to restore multicultural voices to modern teaching resources.
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