Buy this book on-line Louis Moreau Gottschalk : NOTES OF A PIANISTJ. B. Lippincott & Co. , Philadelphia, 1881
1st edition. Original decorated publisher’s cloth 8vo, 480 pages. Includes tissued frontis. Memoir of this Jewish giant of American Music. “The works of Louis Moreauy Gottschalk (1829-1869) —heavily tinged with Creole, African and Latin American influences—are landmarks of American musical history. Born in New Orleans to a Creole mother and a Jewish father, Gottschalk heard Creole music in the cradle…he became the most popular pianist in the United States…. At a time when European artists monopolized the concert state, Gottschalk was the first classically-trained American pianist to achieve international fame” (Mendelsohn, “Dawn’s Early Light, ” 2016, p 283) . “He also was politically outspoken on issues such as slavery and the Civil War, and while a true American patriot, he did not spare his countrymen acrimonious criticism whenever he deemed it appropriate” (LouisMoreaugottschalk.com, 2016) . 19th Century Carnegie Library markings, wear to spine, Text is clean and solid, Good Condition. (AMR-51-12) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Louis Moreau Gottschalk : NOTES OF A PIANIST. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, livres rares, out of print books, rare books and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |