Book World; Scott Joplin, Music's Mystery Man From: The Washington Post | Date: July 6, 1994| Author: Jonathan Yardley | Copyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

DANCING TO A BLACK MAN'S TUNE

A Life of Scott Joplin

By Susan Curtis

University of Missouri Press. 265 pp. $26.95

Scott Joplin is one of the most enigmatic and interesting figures in the history of American culture - enigmatic not merely because we know so little about him but also because his music is so difficult to categorize, interesting because of his music's striking originality and its irresistible charm. A black man in a white world, Joplin unfort...

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