A Guest of Honor (opera)

1903 Advertising poster for A Guest of Honor by Scott Joplin

A Guest of Honor (ISJ 54)[1] is the first opera created by celebrated ragtime composer Scott Joplin. The opera had two acts, followed the model of grand opera,[2] and followed the events surrounding the 1901 White House dinner hosted by President Theodore Roosevelt for the civil rights leader and educator Booker T. Washington.[3]

  1. ^ "A Guest of Honor (Joplin, Scott) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
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  3. ^ Biography from ScottJoplin.org Archived 2007-02-24 at the Wayback Machine