Piano Music

by Louis M. Gottschalk and Richard Jackson

Book Overview

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-69) is still remembered as one of the most interesting early American composers, a composer whose work is still performed and enjoyed. This collection of Gottschalk's major piano music shows the wide range of his talent from the "wild, languishing" derivations on African American and Creole folk melodies to his elegant and moving concert and salon compositions.
Included are such pieces as "Bamboula, Danse de N?gres,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486216837
• ISBN13: 9780486216836
• Release Date: June 1973
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.3" x 12.0"