Louis Moreau Gottschalk"Innovating American composer, virtuoso pianist, and swashbuckling Romantic hero, Louis Moreau Gottschalk produced immensely popular works combining the French, Hispanic, and African influences of his native New Orleans. Many of his syncopated compositions anticipated ragtime by half a century. S. Frederick Starr's biography, originally published as Bamboula!, is the most extensive chronicle available of Gottschalk's eventful life. Starr examines Gottshalk's music, his frenetic life on the road, his virtuosity as a performer, his effect on his audiences, and the scandals surrounding his romantic dalliances. He also reveals a generous and compassionate man who sponsored a host of young musicians and provided financial support for his many siblings." |
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Contents
A Death in Rio | 3 |
II | 6 |
Origins | 15 |
Young Gottschalk and Musical Democracy in New Orleans | 32 |
A Creole in Paris | 46 |
Bamboula and the Louisiana Quartet | 62 |
Celebrity | 78 |
The Siege of Spain | 97 |
Ada Clare | 244 |
Souvenir de Porto Rico | 257 |
Nights in the Tropics | 272 |
Havana Twilight | 289 |
The Union 1862 | 310 |
The Automaton in Wartime 186265 | 330 |
America through Gottschalks Eyes | 351 |
Anatomy of a Scandal | 368 |
Financial Music and Democracy | 118 |
New York Debut | 127 |
Defeat in New England | 144 |
Mr Dwights Crusade | 159 |
An Untimely Visit to Cuba 1854 | 170 |
Last Hopes Dying Poets | 195 |
Taking Root in New York 1855 | 206 |
The Dodsworths Hall Concerts and the Great NonBattle with Thalgerg | 221 |
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References to this book
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square Ned Sublette Limited preview - 2008 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Louis Moreau Gottschalk Music in American life |
| Author | S. Frederick Starr |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0252068769, 9780252068768 |
| Length | 564 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Music Music / History & Criticism |
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