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david thomas roberts
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Viridiana
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In his early twenties he wrote some of the piano pieces for which he is best-known. His poetry was first published at that time. His first recording, Music For a Pretty Baby, appeared in 1978. By 1984, two albums devoted entirely to his own compositions were internationally available. Pieces such as The Early Life of Larry Hoffer, Roberto Clemente, Pinelands Memoir, Through the Bottomlands, and the eclectic suite, New Orleans Streets led many writers to hail Roberts as the leading contemporary ragtime-based composer. The New Orleans historian Al Rose called him "the most important composer of this half of the century in America". David Thomas Roberts is the author of entries in The New Grove Dictionary of American Music and is listed in The International Who's Who in Music. He founded and edited The Streetfighting Aesthete, a journal of Surrealist expression and experimental writing. His poetry appears in many U.S. small press periodicals, and his paintings were recently featured in the British magazine of Visionary Art, Raw Vision. He lives in south Mississippi and southern Missouri. More information from Scott Joplin Organization. about Viridiana | catalog | artists | how to order | contact us | links |