Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-69) is still remembered as one of the most interesting early American composers, a composer whose work is still performed and enjoyed. This collection of Gottschalk's major piano music shows the wide range of his talent from the "wild, languishing" derivations on African American and Creole folk melodies to his elegant and moving concert and salon compositions.
Included are such pieces as "Bamboula, Danse de N?gres,"...