The character of Coalhouse Walker, Jr., the ragtime pianist, as noted in a later song (“His Name was Coalhouse Walker”), was inspired to play ragtime after hearing the music of Scott Joplin. It would make sense, then, if the ragtime music in the show was based off of Joplin’s style as a stand-in and inspiration for Walker’s
The character of Coalhouse Walker, Jr., the ragtime pianist, as noted in a later song (“His Name was Coalhouse Walker”), was inspired to play ragtime after hearing the music of Scott Joplin. It would make sense, then, if the ragtime music in the show was based off of Joplin’s style as a stand-in and inspiration for Walker’s