Notes of a Pianist

by Louis M. Gottschalk

Notes of a Pianist chronicles the life of one of the most remarkable musical minds of the American experience, the great nineteenth-century New Orleans-born composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869). An important cultural and historical work, the book recounts Gottschalk's experiences as he traveled and performed throughout the last decade of his life.

Born to an English-Jewish father and a Haitian mother, Gottschalk...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691127166
• ISBN13: 9780691127163
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.9"