Chapter 50: Louis Gottschalk and Piano Music in America
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Key Points
- The pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the first internationally acclaimed American composer of classical music.
- Gottschalk's music draws inspiration from African- American, Creole, and Latin American folk songs and rhythms, and often quotes familiar tunes, particularly from Stephen Foster songs.
- His piano work The Banjo evokes authentic banjo-playing styles the young Gottschalk heard in New Orleans' Congo Square.
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