Louis Moreau Gottschalk

S. Frederick Starr

University of Illinois Press, 1995 - Biography & Autobiography - 564 pages

The romantic and definitive biography of an early and significant American composer. It examines Louis Moreau 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.

Contents

• A Death in Rio: 3
• n 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
• vni 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
• Ada Clare: 244
• Souvenir de Porto Rico: 257
• Matouba 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
• Peru and Chile 186566: 384
• A PanAmerican on the Rio de la Plata 186768: 400
• Prestissimo del mio Finale: 422
• Gottschalk through the 125 Years: 438
• Notes: 455
• Bibliography: 539
• Index: 557

About the author

S. Frederick Starr is founding chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a research and policy center affiliated with the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm. A past president of Oberlin College and the Aspen Institute, he began his career in classical archaeology, excavating at Gordium in modern Turkey and mapping the Persian Royal Road.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Louis Moreau Gottschalk; Music in American life
• Author: S. Frederick Starr
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0252068769, 9780252068768
• Length: 564 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians; Music / History & Criticism