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Where the Word Ends: The Life of Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Author Vernon Loggins
Publisher Louisiana State University Press
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ISBN / ASIN080710373X
ISBN-139780807103739
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷

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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.