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"Syncopation is in the soul of every true American." —IRVING BERLIN

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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