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On this site, on August 10, 1899, Scott Joplin signed the contract for John Stark to publish The Maple Leaf Rag. Joplin almost immediately gained fame as the King of Ragtime, and the royalty contract enabled his classic composition to ultimately sell over a million copies and make Sedalia, Missouri, a place where America’s music began.
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