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- pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer, pianist, and virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works. He spent most of his working career outside the United States.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer, pianist, and virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works. [1] He spent most of his working career outside the United States.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (born May 8, 1829, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died December 18, 1869, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was the first American pianist to achieve international recognition and the first American composer to utilize Latin American and Creole folk themes and rhythms.
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Born in New Orleans in 1829, Louis Moreau Gottschalk grew up in a neighbourhood where he was exposed to the Creole music with its African-Caribbean rhythms and the melodious folk songs that would later become a characteristic ingredient of much of his own music.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was an American composer and pianist known as the first American pianist to achieve international recognition. Born into an illustrious American family, Louis was always interested in becoming a musician.
May 21, 2018 · Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), probably the most important American composer of the 19th century, infused European romanticism with indigenous North and South American elements. Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born on May 8, 1829, in New Orleans, the son of a Jewish Englishman and a Creole woman. He exhibited extraordinary talent at the age of 3.
Jul 3, 2024 · A native of New Orleans, Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) is widely acknowledged as the leading American piano virtuoso of the 19th century and as a composer of major significance, particularly in his ability to capture his contemporary public's taste while incorporating European, African-American, Caribbean, and South American influences.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was an American virtuoso pianist and composer of romantic and popular multicultural music. He was born in the French Quarter section of New Orleans in 1829. His family cultural heritage was European and Louisiana Creole, and the cultural identity of the city was largely Creole. Encouraged to embrace music from very early ...
