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The Banjo, 1855 sheet music cover published by William Hall & Son.. The Banjo, Op. 15, is a composition for piano by the American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk.Composed in 1853, it is one of Gottschalk's best-known works.
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 .
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Le Bananier (The Banana Tree) in C minor, Op. 5, is a composition for piano by American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk.Dedicated to the famous pianist Alexandre Goria, [1] it was written in France around 1846 as one of the four "Louisiana Creole pieces" that Gottschalk composed between 1844 and 1846.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk quotes the melody in his virtuoso piano work "Grotesque Fantasie, the Banjo", op. 15, published in 1855. [ 17 ] [ full citation needed ] In 1909, composer Charles Ives incorporated the tune and other vernacular American melodies into his orchestral Symphony No. 2 .
Louis Ferdinand Gottschalk (October 7, 1864 – July 15, 1934) was an American composer and conductor born in St. Louis, Missouri. The son of a Missouri governor, also named Louis, he studied music in Stuttgart, Germany, where his father, a judge, was American consul. [1] Louis Moreau Gottschalk was his great-uncle. [citation needed]
Louis Gottschalk may refer to: Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869), American composer Louis F. Gottschalk (1864–1934), American composer (grand-nephew of Louis M.)
Great Galloping Gottschalk is a contemporary ballet with choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, set to the music of American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. It premiered with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) [ 1 ] at the Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts on 12 January 1982.