The Cascades

Composer: Scott Joplin

Publisher: Stark Music Co.

Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Copyright Year: 1904

Form: Rag

Notes: Like many rags published at the time in St. Louis, The Cascades was written to coincide with the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition otherwise known as the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. Joplin drew inspiration from the fair’s grand cascading water fountain, depicted on the cover.