Timeline Monday 18 September 1899

Events on Monday 18 September 1899 1

• 1899 Maple Leaf Rag published Scott Joplin launches the ragtime era Publisher John Stark released Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" in Sedalia, Missouri, on 18 September 1899. It became the first ragtime composition to sell over a million copies of sheet music and established ragtime as a major American musical genre. Joplin earned a modest royalty on every copy sold, an unusual arrangement for the time.