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A Guest of Honor (ISJ 54)[1] is the first opera created by celebrated ragtime composer Scott Joplin. The opera had two acts, followed the model of grand opera, [2] and followed the events surrounding the 1901 White House dinner hosted by President Theodore Roosevelt for the civil rights leader and educator Booker T. Washington. [3] History.
Apr 3, 2022 · A Guest of Honor was an opera written by famous ragtime composer Scott Joplin. Written in 1903, this was the first opera he had ever composed.
May 19, 2016 · Joplin’s first opera, A Guest of Honor, is lost, but evidence indicates it was about Booker T. Washington’s dinner at Theodore Roosevelt’s White House. The opera, with a cast of thirty, was scheduled to show in fifteen towns and cities.
Jan 25, 2023 · “ A Guest of Honor “ was ragtime composer Scott Joplin’s first of two opera, whose plot was based on the historical events surrounding President Theodore Roosevelt and his invitation of advisor Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House with his wife in October of 1901.
As Johann Strauss is to the waltz and John Philip Sousa is to the march, so is Scott Joplin to ragtime: its guru, chief champion, the figure most closely associated with its composition.
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Viewed as the "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin was the foremost composer of the genre in the early 20th century, known for works like "The Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer...
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He may be most commonly known now by the Marvin Hamlisch adaptation of his composition The Entertainer (1902) which was used in the 1973 movie The Sting starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. His best-known rag while he was alive was Maple Leaf Rag (1899).
