Reconsidering Scott Joplin’s ‘The Entertainer’

Dancers performing the Cakewalk.

The king of ragtime published his hit tune 120 years ago. Pianist Lara Downes believes the piece helped shape the future of American music.

(Image credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/The New York Public Library)

The king of ragtime published his hit tune 120 years ago. Pianist Lara Downes believes the piece helped shape the future of American music.