Several corrections to posts above including mine.
1, It was Ben Harney; credit my faulty memory of his name for the mistake. AR282, I agree that he did a good job as Zodzetrick. Carmen Balthrop's performance of Tremonisha turned me off.
2. Joplin copyrighted Tremonisha in 1911. Lottie Joplin renewed th copyright in 1938. I don't know if any additional renewals were undertaken. MTed, this is the date to reckon with, not the 1911 original copyright.
3. I would like to some details of court challenges to the release of other versions of Tremonisha and the dates of these challenges. These would have to be based on the copyright held by Lottie Joplin's estate and the Thomas Trust, if still valid.
4. The statement that Lottie Joplin was "some old lady who knew nothing" and did not listen to Joplin, I believe is wrong. I believe that she made an arrangement of "Solace," but I lack other details.
5. I was surprised to learn that the orchestrator of the production of Tremonisha, Gunther Schuller, arranged orchestra versions of The Entertainer, Easy Winners, Pine Apple Rag, and Rag Time Dance for "The Sting." He also arranged a piano version of The Entertainer. Marvin Hamlisch wrote the final score for the film, using Schuller's arrangements. The film was copyrighted 1973 by Universal and MCA released the soundtrack in 1974.