num_pages: 296
description: Louis Gottschalk (1829-1869) was the first American pianist and composer to win international fame. His creative use of the colorful and exotic musical idioms of his native New Orleans foreshadowed by some fifty years the appearance of these same influences in early jazz.
language: English
title: Where the Word Ends: The Life of Louis Moreau Gottschalk
titlecomplete: Where the Word Ends: The Life of Louis Moreau Gottschalk
ratings_count: 3
publisher: LSU Press