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Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at hateful ragtime no longer passes for musical culture.
Source: Defending his art; in The School of Ragtime, Preface, 1908.
-- Scott Joplin, (Nov 24 1868-1971), US pianist, composer; His Maple Leaf Rag, 1894, ushered in the era of ragtime; was awarded a special Bi-centennial Pulitzer Prize for his contribution to American music.