Scott Joplin Composer Word Search
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Scott Joplin, the second of six children, was born sometime between June 1867 and January 1868 in eastern Texas. His father was a slave while his mother was born a free black woman. After 1871 Joplin and his family moved to Texarkana, Texas. It was then that young Scott taught himself music on a piano in a home where his mother worked. Exhibiting musical ability at an early age, Joplin received free music lessons from a local German music teacher. His teacher not only trained him to play the piano well, but also gave him a well-rounded knowledge of classical music form. It was this training in classical form that served him in later years in developing his compositional style. Read more...

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Scott Joplin Composer Word Search Worksheet Preview and Print Preview and print this free printable word search by clicking on the purple button above the worksheet. 7 Search Words: AMERICANCOMPOSER, ELITESYNCOPATIONS, MAPLELEAFRAG, PIANO, RAGTIME, SCOTTJOPLIN, THEENTERTAINER Puzzles are created using a word filter to prevent the random creation of offensive words. Please email us if you discover any unintended words created by random letter combinations.

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