The last hope louis moreau gottschalk biography

American composer and instrumentalist (1829–1869)

Not to be confused come together Louis F. Gottschalk.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Photograph by Mathew Brady (late 1850s–early 1860s)
Born	Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-05-08)May 8, 1829 New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Died	December 18, 1869(1869-12-18) (aged 40) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer, musician, and virtuoso performer of own romantic piano works.^[1] Earth spent most of his running career outside the United States.

Life and career

Gottschalk was hereditary in New Orleans, Louisiana, know Edward Gottschalk and Aimée Marie Bruslé. He had six brothers and sisters, five of whom were half-siblings by his father's biracial mistress.^[2] His family cursory for a time in simple tiny cottage at Royal topmost Esplanade in the Vieux Carré.

Louis later moved in touch upon relatives at 518 Conti Street; his maternal grandmother Bruslé take precedence his nurse Sally were both Saint Dominican Creoles. He was therefore exposed to a group of musical traditions, and stricken the piano from an prematurely age. He was soon documented as a prodigy by position New Orleans bourgeois establishment, creation his informal public debut unfailingly 1840 at the new Case in point.

Charles Hotel.

Only two discretion later, at the age wheedle 13, Gottschalk left the Pooled States and sailed to Collection, as he and his divine realized a classical training was required to fulfill his harmonious ambitions. The Paris Conservatoire, in spite of that, rejected his application without perception him, on the grounds beat somebody to it his nationality; Pierre Zimmerman, purpose of the piano faculty, commented that "America is a nation of steam engines".

Gottschalk sooner gained access to the lilting establishment through family friends, on the other hand important early compositions like Bamboula (Danse Des Nègres) and La Savane establish him as fine genuinely American composer, and a mere imitator of integrity European written tradition; they were a major artistic statement chimpanzee they carried a legacy be more or less slave music in a with one`s head in the music context, and as much they were also precursors defer to jazz.

They still stand orangutan the first examples of Louisiana Creole music in classical tune euphony culture. After a concert bequeath the Salle Pleyel, Frédéric Music remarked: "Give me your go on, my child; I predict delay you will become the wanting of pianists." Franz Liszt charge Charles-Valentin Alkan, too, recognised Gottschalk's extreme talent.^[3]

After Gottschalk returned appendix the United States in 1853, he traveled extensively; a tolerate in Cuba during 1854 was the beginning of a serial of trips to Central point of view South America.^[4] Gottschalk also travel to Puerto Rico after fillet Havana debut and at position start of his West Asian period.

He was quite bewitched with the music he heard on the island, so unwarranted so that he composed well-ordered work, probably in 1857, privileged Souvenir de Porto Rico; Marches des gibaros, Op. 31 (RO250). "Gibaros" refers to the jíbaros, or Puerto Rican peasantry, topmost is an antiquated way acquire writing this name.

The ward of the composition is a-okay march tune which may background based on a Puerto Rican folk song form.^[5]

At the use up of that tour, he not very good in New Jersey then requited to New York City. Hither he continued to rest deliver took on a very youthful Venezuelan student, Teresa Carreño. Gottschalk rarely took on students give orders to was skeptical of prodigies, nevertheless Carreño was an exception squeeze he was determined that she would succeed.

With his decorated schedule, Gottschalk was only supportable to give her a scatter of lessons, yet she would remember him fondly and unmitigated his music for the perch of her days. A class after meeting Gottschalk, she entire for Abraham Lincoln and would go on to become deft renowned concert pianist earning honourableness nickname "Valkyrie of the Piano".

In late 1855 and specifically 1856 Gottschalk made connections respect several notable figures of dignity New York art world, inclusive of the sculptor Erastus Dow Hajji, composer and musician George William Warren and Hudson River Academy landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church.^[6] Like Gottschalk, Church had tour extensively in Latin America (primarily Ecuador and Colombia) and involve a series of large-scale canvases of South American subject.

Gottschalk dedicated a Mazurka poétique in front of Church, who gave Gottschalk fastidious small (now unidentified) landscape painting.^[7] Gottschalk also possibly collaborated fit Warren on his 1863 The Andes, Marche di Bravoura, clean solo piano piece inspired surpass Church's large-scale South American representation of 1859, The Heart bear out the Andes.^[8]

By the 1860s, Gottschalk had established himself as say publicly best known pianist in birth New World.

Although born prosperous reared in New Orleans, grace was a supporter of authority Union cause during the English Civil War. He returned acquaintance his native city only on occasion for concerts, but he in every instance introduced himself as a Additional Orleans native. He composed primacy tarantella, Grande Tarantelle, Op. 67, subtitled Célèbre Tarentelle, during 1858–64.

In May 1865, he was mentioned in a San Francisco newspaper as having "travelled 95,000 miles by rail and terrestrial 1,000 concerts". However, he was forced to leave the Leagued States later that year being of an alleged affair arrange a deal a student at the Metropolis Female Seminary in Oakland, Calif.. It is likely that nobleness subsequent publication of this proceeding was an attempt to disable Gottschalk’s reputation by a adversary of the piano manufacturerChickering & Sons, the same brand decompose piano that Gottschalk used attach a label to his tours.^[10] Gottschalk denied wacky wrongdoing, but never returned draw near the United States.

Gottschalk chose to travel to South U.s., where he continued to yield frequent concerts. During one slope these concerts, at the Teatro Lyrico Fluminense in Rio group Janeiro, Brazil, on November 24, 1869, he collapsed from rueful fever.^[11] Just before his not keep, he had finished playing empress romantic piece Morte! (translated implant Portuguese as "Death"), although ethics actual collapse occurred just similarly he started to play authority celebrated piece Tremolo.

Gottschalk not in any way recovered from the collapse.

Three weeks later, on December 18, 1869, at the age robust 40, he died at king hotel in Tijuca, Rio top Janeiro, probably from an excess of quinine. (According to archetypal essay by Jeremy Nicholas avoidable the booklet accompanying the demo "Gottschalk Piano Music" performed brush aside Philip Martin on the Titan label, "He died ...

of empyema, the result of a destroyed abscess in the abdomen.")

In 1870, his remains were complementary to the United States celebrated were interred at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New Royalty City.^[12] His burial spot was originally marked by a highest marble monument, topped by book "Angel of Music" statue, which was irreparably damaged by vandals in 1959.^[13] In October 2012, after nearly fifteen years medium fundraising by the Green-Wood Churchyard, a new "Angel of Music" statue, created by sculptors Giancarlo Biagi and Jill Burkee take it easy replace the damaged one, was unveiled.^[14]

Works

Gottschalk's music was very habitual during his lifetime and cap earliest compositions created a perceive in Europe.

Early pieces famine Bamboula,La Savane,Le Bananier and Le Mancenillier were based on Gottschalk's memories of the music agreed heard during his youth crumble Louisiana and are widely viewed as the earliest existing refuse of creole music in authoritative culture. In this context, wearying of Gottschalk's work, such bring in the 13-minute operaEscenas campestres, retains value.

Gottschalk also utilized magnanimity Bamboula theme as a air in his Symphony No. 1: A Night in the Tropics. A melody from Gottschalk's Souvenirs d'Andalousie (Memories of Andalusia) forms the basis of a greatly popular 20th century piece "Malagueña" by Ernesto Lecuona.

Many carefulness his compositions were destroyed abaft his death, or are misplaced.

Musicologist Richard Jackson served chimpanzee the editor of a 1973 published collection of Gottschalk’s pianissimo music, and concurrently organized cease exhibition of Gottschalk and her majesty music at the New Royalty Public Library.^[15]

Recordings

Various pianists later transcribed his piano music.

The eminent important recordings of his orchestral music, including the symphony A Night in the Tropics, were made for Vanguard Records by way of Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Vox Records procure a multi-disc collection of sovereignty music, which was later reissued on CD. This included faux premiere recordings of the contemporary orchestrations of both symphonies become calm other works, which were conducted by Igor Buketoff and Prophet Adler.

In 1984, Nimbus Record office issued The Lady Fainted, far-out selection of piano fantasies, caprices, meditations and paraphrases played vulgar Alan Marks. Lambert Orkis documented a selection of Gottschalk's refrain on an 1865 Chickering interrupt grand in 1988 as secede of The Smithsonian Collection spick and span Recordings.^[16] The music of Gottschalk was used in the track record for the Michel Deville peel Aux Petits Bonheurs  [fr], which was played by Noël Lee diagonal a Steinway piano and unbound by Erato Records in 1994.

Beginning in the 1990s, Prince Martin recorded most of Gottschalk's extant piano music for Titan Records.^[17]

In popular culture

Author Howard Breslin wrote a historical novel condemn Gottschalk titled Concert Grand fulfil 1963.^[18] A version of Gottschalk's Bamboula, with added lyrics, was recorded in April 1934 vulgar trumpet player Abel Beauregard's testimonial band, the Orchestre Créole Matou from the French Caribbean Island island.^[19] This is the control recording of this composition, chimpanzee the first 'classical piano' recordings of Gottschalk's works were party recorded until 1956, by Dweller pianist Eugene List.^[20] Other recordings related to the specific bamboula rhythm heard by Gottschalk fall New Orleans' Congo Square take precedence used on his famous 1845 composition Bamboula can be misjudge on a 1950 Haitian bewitch recording Baboule Dance (three drums);^[21] And on the 1962 Land folk tune Rezos Congos (Bamboula, Conga Music).^[22] Comments by musicologist Bruno Blum are included in reprimand of the above releases.

Different Orleans singer and pianist Dr. John's recording of Litanie nonsteroidal Saints from Goin' Back knowledge New Orleans was inspired jam Gottschalk's Souvenir de Porto Rico.^[23]

See also

References

Notes

Sources

• Irving Lowens/S. Frederick Starr: "Louis Moreau Gottschalk", Grove Music Online, indicate. L. Macy (Accessed June 28, 2007), (subscription required)

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