- On View
- Musical Crossroads Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Written by
- Joplin, Scott, American, 1867 - 1917
- Received by
- Barnett, Etta Moten, American, 1901 - 2004
- Date
- 1911
- Medium
- ink on paper with fabric and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (open): 8 15/16 × 19 7/8 × 3/4 in. (22.7 × 50.5 × 1.9 cm)
- H x W x D (closed): 8 15/16 × 10 3/16 × 3/4 in. (22.7 × 25.8 × 1.9 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-yellow music score for Treemonisha: Opera in Three Acts, written and published by Scott Joplin, and inscribed to singer Etta Moten Barnett from Mrs. Scott Joplin.
- The large quarto book has original cloth-backed printed covers and 230 pages. The front cover features an ornate double-lined square border within which is black type that reads: [TREEMONISHA / OPERA / in Three Acts / Words and Music / BY / SCOTT JOPLIN. / Price $2.50 / PUBLISHED BY / SCOTT JOPLIN / NEW YORK.]. Small flowers and various abstract art deco are drawn in and around the title words. On the inside cover is an inscription, “To / Etta Moten / From / Mrs. Scott Joplin / June 18-1939” in dark ink. The last page with black print is numbered at 230. There are no markings on the reverse of the back cover.
- Place printed
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Written Music
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Composers (Musicians)
- Music
- Opera (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2022.21.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




