Where the Word Ends: The Life of Louis Moreau Gottschalk

By Vernon Loggins

Louis Gottschalk (1829-1869) was the first American pianist and composer to win international fame. His creative use of the colorful and exotic musical idioms of his native New Orleans foreshadowed by some fifty years the appearance of these same influences in early jazz.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080710373X
• ISBN13: 9780807103739
• Release Date: July 1977
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"