[DOC] [TLE] Scott Joplin - Wikipedia [PAR] Scott Joplin was an African-American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved 
fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the "King of Ragtime Writers". 
During his brief career, he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, 
and two operas. ... The score to his first opera A Guest of Honor was confiscated 
in 1903 with... [DOC] [TLE] List of compositions by Scott Joplin - Wikipedia [PAR] The following is a complete list of musical compositions by Scott Joplin (ca. 1867
April 1, 1917) ... St. Louis, Missouri, and finally New York City where he died in 
1917. ... His first opera A Guest of Honor was lost after an unsuccessful tour in 
1903. ... Joplin wrote his rags as "classical" music to raise ragtime above its "
cheap... [DOC] [TLE] The Celestial Monochord: A Guest of Honor [PAR] Nov 10, 2007 ... Mostly, I recall feeling ill-at-ease with the idea of a grand opera about ... Anyway, 
it turns out that Joplin wrote and staged the world's first ragtime opera, ... He 
staged the ragtime opera A Guest of Honor in 1903  barely two... [DOC] [TLE] Scott Joplin - Pianist, Songwriter - Biography.com [PAR] Jun 29, 2015 ... Viewed as the "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin was the foremost composer of ... He 
immersed himself in the emerging musical form known as ... Writing Huge Hit: '
Maple Leaf Rag' ... He published the ballet Rag Time Dance in 1902 and created 
his first opera, A Guest of Honor, for a Midwestern tour in 1903. [DOC] [TLE] Maple Leaf Rag | American History Lives at American Heritage [PAR] It is needless, wrote his publisher, to say anything of the writer of 'Maple Leaf,' 
... And The Maple Leaf Rag was all that he claimed; it changed his life, and it ..... 
bearing the title A GUEST OF HONOR A Ragtime Opera by SCOTT JOPLIN. [DOC] [TLE] Scott Joplin. Tribute to American Composers | Marvin Hamlisch [PAR] Jan 1, 2016 ... He was the second of six children born to Giles Joplin and Florence Givens. ... 
Maple Leaf Rag is a multi-strain ragtime march with athletic bass lines ... rags, 
but he also wrote two operas; A Guest of Honor and Treemonisha. [DOC] [TLE] Scott Joplin (1868-1917) - famous ragtime composer - Mfiles [PAR] Scott Joplin : The King of Ragtime - an overview of the composer and his music. 
... He wrote some folk ballet music, and a couple of ragtime operas. ... by Joplin; 
Treemonisha - his second Opera, the first opera "A Guest of Honor" has been lost
... [DOC] [TLE] A Guest of Honor | Feature | St. Louis News and Events | Riverfront ... [PAR] May 17, 2000 ... But by 1903, Joplin was the "King of Ragtime" and living in a 13-room home on ... 
The premise that Joplin would have written an opera on a current event also fits 
with .... The failure of A Guest of Honor he'd put far behind him. [DOC] [TLE] Scott Joplin facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Ironically, Joplin questioned the staying power of ragtime, and his first two .... he 
believed his music needed, Joplin penned the first ragtime opera, A Guest of 
Honor. ... Blesh and Janis wrote, The fate of A Guest of Honor is the story of what
... [DOC] [TLE] JOPLIN: Piano Rags, Vol. 1 - Naxos [PAR] ... with an opera (now lost) called A Guest of Honor left him in terrible debt, he 
had ... He wrote an opera, Treemonisha, considered by many to be his 
masterpiece, ... self-anointed King of the Ragtime Writers, but it was a form he 
by no means... [DOC] [TLE] Scott Joplin | The Public Domain Review [PAR] 1917), The King of Ragtime, wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime 
ballet, ... He was born into a musical African American family of laborers in 
Northeast ... The score to his first opera, A

Question: He wrote the ragtime opera "A Guest of Honor"
Answer: (Scott) Joplin