Louis Moreau Gottschalk

by S. Frederick Starr

"Innovating American composer, virtuoso pianist, and swashbuckling Romantic hero, Louis Moreau Gottschalk produced immensely popular works combining the French, Hispanic, and African influences of his native New Orleans. Many of his syncopated compositions anticipated ragtime by half a century. S. Frederick Starr's biography, originally published as Bamboula!, is the most extensive chronicle available of Gottschalk's eventful life. Starr examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252068769
• ISBN13: 9780252068768
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"