num_pages: 288
description: By using Scott Joplin's life as a window onto American social and cultural development at the turn of the century, this biography dramatizes the role of one brilliant African American musician in defining the culture of a still-young nation.
language: English
title: Dancing to a Black Man's Tune: A Life of Scott Joplin (Volume 1)
titlecomplete: Dancing to a Black Man's Tune: A Life of Scott Joplin (Volume 1) (Missouri Biography Series)
characters: Scott Joplin
genres: Music, Biography
ratings_count: 12
publisher: University of Missouri