Short bio Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Birthday:
1829 in New Orleans, LA
Died:
1869 in Tijuca, Brazil
Genre:
Classical,Jazz
Period:
Romantic
Full biography Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was an iconic 19th-century composer and pianist who was born in the United States in 1829 and died at the prime of his career in 1869. He was widely known as one of the most talented musicians of his time, and his works were revered for their innovative and unique styles.
Gottschalk's music was a wonderful melting pot of various musical genres such as jazz, classical, and folk. His pieces were characterized by the use of improvisation, catchy and rhythmic melodies, and a tendency towards vivid and picturesque program music.
As a performer, Gottschalk was nothing short of a virtuoso. His piano playing was particularly renowned for its beauty, originality, and technical prowess, which made it clear that he was an exceptional talent.
His career as a composer also saw him tour extensively in America, South America, and the Caribbean, where his fusion of different styles of music drew enthusiastic crowds. Many of his compositions were inspired by his travels around these countries and their cultures, which he fused with classical European music idioms.
Some of his most popular and celebrated works include "The Banjo" and "The Dying Poet," both of which showcase his musical skills and innovative techniques. Other famous pieces by Gottschalk include "Le Bananier," "Bamboula," "The Union," and the "Grande Tarantelle."
In short, Louis Moreau Gottschalk was a composer and pianist who revolutionized 19th-century music with his innovative methods, fusion of different genres, and virtuoso piano playing style. His music has had a profound impact on many generations of composers, and he remains an iconic figure in the world of music to this day.
Compositions featuring Louis Moreau Gottschalk
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Union, paraphrase de concert for piano & orchestra (arranged by Samuel Adler), Op. 48 (RO 269) | 7:11 min | Concerto | 1969 |
| 2 | Le Banjo, esquisse américaine for piano, 4 hands (arranged by Jerome Moross), Op. 15, (RO 23) | 4:07 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 3 | The Dying Poet, meditation for piano, 4 hands (arranged by Charles Wells), (RO 75) | 5:55 min | Keyboard | 1871 |
| 4 | Ballade, for piano No. 6, Op. 83 and 85, D. 12 (RO 14) | 6:25 min | Keyboard | 1870 |
| 5 | Ballade, for piano No. 7, Op. 87, D. 11 (RO 15) | 5:44 min | Keyboard | 1870 |
| 6 | Ballade, for piano No. 8, Op. 90, D. 12, RO 16 | 10:38 min | Keyboard | 1870 |
| 7 | Mazurk, for piano in F sharp minor, D. 93 (RO 276) | 3:25 min | Keyboard | 1870 |
| 8 | Orfa, grande polka for piano, 4 hands, Op. 71, D. 108a | 3:05 min | Keyboard | 1870 |
| 9 | Printemps d'amour, mazurka: caprice de concert for piano, 4 hands, D. 125 (RO 214) | 4:04 min | Keyboard | 1870 |
| 10 | Rapelle-toi, song for voice & piano, D. 118 (RO 219) | 3:32 min | Vocal Music | 1870 |
| 11 | Ses Yeux, polka de concert for piano, Op. 66, D. 137a (RO 235) | 4:25 min | Keyboard | 1870 |
| 12 | The Last Hope, meditation for piano, 4 hands, (RO 134) | 6:08 min | Keyboard | 1870 |
| 13 | Denier amour, étude de concert, Op.62 and 63, D. 43 (RO 73) | 6:46 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 14 | Forget me Not, mazurka caprice for piano, D. 59 (RO 99) | 4:05 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 15 | Grand Scherzo, for piano, Op. 57, D. 65 (RO 114) | 5:13 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 16 | Grande Fantaisie triomphale sur l'hymne national brésilien, fantasia for piano & orchestra, Op. 69, R. 108 (realized by Samuel Adler) | 9:01 min | Concerto | 1869 |
| 17 | Grande Fantaisie triomphale sur l'hymne national brésilien, fantasia for piano, Op. 69, D. 63 (RO 108) | 8:54 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 18 | Hercule, grande étude de concert for piano, Op. 88, D. 68 (RO116) | 5:23 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 19 | Impromptu, for piano, Op. 54, D. 74 (RO 122) | 5:36 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 20 | Madeleine, etude for piano, D. 83 (RO 140) | 4:40 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 21 | Pasquinade, caprice for piano, 4 hands, Op. 59 (RO 189) | 3:57 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 22 | Pasquinade, caprice for piano, Op. 59, D. 113 (RO 189) | 3:52 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 23 | The Dying Swan, romance poétique for piano, Op. 100, D. 46 (RO 76) | 5:04 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 24 | Tremolo, grande étude de concert for piano, Op 58, D. 154 (RO 265) | 3:54 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 25 | Variations de concert sur l'hymne portugais, for piano & orchestra, D. 157a (RO 289) | 11:08 min | Concerto | 1869 |
| 26 | Variations de concert sur l'hymne portugais, for piano, Op. 91, D. 157 (RO 290) | 10:45 min | Keyboard | 1869 |
| 27 | Caprice élégiaque, for piano, Op. 56, D. 25 (RO 38) | 5:06 min | Keyboard | 1868 |
| 28 | Grande Tarantelle, for 2 pianos, Op. 67 (RO 260) | Keyboard | 1868 | |
| 29 | Grande Tarantelle, for piano & string quintet (or chamber ensemble), Op. 67 (RO 259) | 7:31 min | Chamber Music | 1868 |
| 30 | Grande Tarantelle, for piano, 4 hands, Op. 67 (RO 261) | 5:46 min | Keyboard | 1868 |
| 31 | Grande Tarantelle, for piano, Op. 67 (RO 262) | 6:15 min | Keyboard | 1868 |
| 32 | La flor que ella me envia, song for voice & piano, D. 57 | 3:44 min | Vocal Music | 1868 |
| 33 | Marche Solennelle, for orchestra, band & artillery, D. 91(RO 154) | 9:44 min | Orchestral | 1868 |
| 34 | Morte!! (She is Dead), lamentation for piano, Op. 60, D. 100 (RO 174) | 6:55 min | Keyboard | 1868 |
| 35 | Symphony No. 2: "Á Montevideo", for orchestra, D. 99 (RO 257) | 11:54 min | Symphony | 1868 |
| 36 | Vision, étude for piano, D. 158 (RO 295) | 3:38 min | Keyboard | 1868 |
| 37 | Bataille, étude de concert for piano, Op. 63 and 64, D. 17 (RO 25) | 8:31 min | Keyboard | 1867 |
| 38 | Marguerite, grande valse brillante for piano, Op. 76, D. 92 (RO 158) | 4:04 min | Keyboard | 1866 |
| 39 | Canadian Boat Song, song for voice & piano, D. 24 (RO 34) | 2:56 min | Vocal Music | 1865 |
| 40 | La Brise, valse de concert for piano ("The Breeze"), D. 23 (RO 30) | 3:49 min | Keyboard | 1865 |
| 41 | Pastorella e cavalliere, song for voice & piano, D. 114a (RO 191) | 6:32 min | Vocal Music | 1865 |
| 42 | Ses Yeux, polka de concert for 2 pianos, Op. 66, D. 137 (RO 234) | 6:12 min | Keyboard | 1865 |
| 43 | Souvenir de Lima, mazurka for piano, Op. 74, D. 146 (RO 247) | 4:34 min | Keyboard | 1865 |
| 44 | Ave Maria, song for voice & piano, D. 6 (RO 10) | 5:10 min | Vocal Music | 1864 |
| 45 | I don't see it, Mamma!, canzonetta for voice & piano, D. 72 (RO 119) | 3:05 min | Vocal Music | 1864 |
| 46 | La Gallina, danse cubaine for piano, Op. 53, D. 60 (RO 101) | 3:01 min | Keyboard | 1864 |
| 47 | Stay, My Charmer, song for voice & piano, D. 149 (RO 252) | 1:43 min | Vocal Music | 1864 |
| 48 | Battle Cry of Freedom (Le Cri de déliverance), grand caprice de concert for piano, Op. 55, D. 18 (RO 62) | 5:53 min | Keyboard | 1863 |
| 49 | La Colombe, petite polka, Op. 49, D. 37 (RO 60) | 4:03 min | Keyboard | 1863 |
| 50 | My only love, good bye!, song for voice & piano, D. 103 (RO 177) | 2:08 min | Vocal Music | 1863 |
| 51 | O Loving Heart, Trust On!, song for voice & piano, D. 106 (RO 181) | 4:30 min | Vocal Music | 1863 |
| 52 | Orfa, grande polka for piano, Op. 71, D. 108 (RO 186) | 2:54 min | Keyboard | 1863 |
| 53 | The Dying Poet, meditation for piano, D. 45 (RO 75) | 6:25 min | Keyboard | 1863 |
| 54 | The Maiden's Blush, grande valse de concert for piano, D. 84 (RO 141) | 3:06 min | Keyboard | 1863 |
| 55 | The Mountaineer's Song, for voice & piano, D. 101 (RO 175) | 3:19 min | Vocal Music | 1863 |
| 56 | Home Sweet Home, caprice for piano, Op. 51, D. 69 (RO 117) | 5:42 min | Keyboard | 1862 |
| 57 | Idol of Beauty (Viens O ma Belle), song (serenade) for voice & piano, D. 71 (RO 120) | 3:18 min | Vocal Music | 1862 |
| 58 | L'Union, paraphrase de concert for piano, Op. 48, D. 156 (RO 269) | 8:00 min | Keyboard | 1862 |
| 59 | Le Papillon (Fair Butterfly), song for voice & piano, D. 112 (RO 188) | 6:21 min | Vocal Music | 1862 |
| 60 | Pensive, polka-rédowa for piano, D. 199 (RO 196) | 4:20 min | Keyboard | 1862 |
| 61 | Berceuse, cradle song for piano, Op. 47, D. 20 (RO 27) | 4:57 min | Keyboard | 1861 |
| 62 | Berceuse, song for voice & piano ("Slumber on, baby dear"), D. 21 (RO 28) | 4:59 min | Vocal Music | 1861 |
| 63 | La Caza del Joven Enrique por Méhul, gran overture for 5 pianos & orchestra, RO 54b | 11:14 min | Orchestral | 1861 |
| 64 | O ma charmante, épargnez-moi!, caprice for piano, Op. 44, D. 107 (RO 182) | 2:46 min | Keyboard | 1861 |
| 65 | Suis-Moi!, contradanza for piano, Op. 45, D. 157 (RO 253) | 3:30 min | Keyboard | 1861 |
| 66 | Esceñas campestres, opera in 1 act ("Cuban Country Scenes"), D. 47 (RO 77) | 13:23 min | Opera | 1860 |
| 67 | La Chute des feuilles, nocturne for piano, Op. 42, D. 34 (RO 55) | 7:48 min | Keyboard | 1860 |
| 68 | Marcha Triunfal y Final de Opera, for orchestra, D. 87(RO 157) | 9:05 min | Orchestral | 1860 |
| 69 | Murmures éoliens, for piano, Op. 46, D. 102 (RO 176) | 9:01 min | Keyboard | 1860 |
| 70 | Symphony No. 1: "La nuit des tropiques" (Night in the Tropics), for 2 pianos, (RO 256) | 18:13 min | Keyboard | 1860 |
| 71 | Columbia, caprice américaine for piano, Op. 34, D. 38 (RO 61) | 6:19 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 72 | Fairy Land (Dans les nuages), schottische de concert for piano, D. 50 (RO 91) | 4:04 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 73 | Fantôme de Bonheur, caprice for piano, Op. 36, D. 51 (RO 94) | 7:12 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 74 | Hurrah Galop, galop de concert, D. 70 (RO 118) | 2:39 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 75 | Jeunesse, mazurka brillante for piano, Op. 70, D. 78 (RO 129) | 2:12 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 76 | La favorita, grande fantaisie triomphale de concert (after Donizetti), D. 54 (RO 95) | 16:20 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 77 | La Gallina, danse cubaine for piano, 4 hands, Op. 53, D. 60 (RO 100) | 2:39 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 78 | Ojos Criollos - danse cubaine, caprice brillante for piano, 4 hands, Op. 37, D. 105 (RO 184) | 2:50 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 79 | Ojos Criollos - danse cubaine, caprice brillante for piano, Op. 37, D. 105a (RO 185) | 2:31 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 80 | Pastorella e cavalliere, for piano, Op. 32, D. 114 (RO 190) | 7:48 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 81 | Polka (I), for piano in B flat major, D. 121 (RO 273) | 2:01 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 82 | Polka (II), for piano in A flat major, D. 120 (RO 275) | 2:55 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 83 | Polonia, grande caprice de concert, Op. 35/43, D. 124 (RO 210) | 7:17 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 84 | Radieuse, grande valse de concert for piano, 4 hands, Op. 72, D. 127 (RO 217) | 5:21 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 85 | Radieuse, grande valse de concert for piano, Op. 72 (RO 218) | 5:48 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 86 | Romance, for piano in E flat major, D. 134 (RO 270) | 3:24 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 87 | Réponds-moi, danse cubaine: caprice brillante for piano, 4 hands, Op. 50, D. 131(RO 225) | 2:44 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 88 | Souvenir de Cuba, mazurka for piano, Op. 75, D. 144 (RO 245) | 3:26 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 89 | Souvenir de la Havane, caprice de concert for piano, Op. 39, D. 145 (RO 246) | 6:28 min | Keyboard | 1859 |
| 90 | Grande Tarantelle, for piano & orchestra, Op. 67, D. 66 (RO 259) | 7:29 min | Concerto | 1858 |
| 91 | Love and Chivalry, caprice élégant en forme de schottische for piano, Op. 97, D. 82 (RO 135) | 4:47 min | Keyboard | 1858 |
| 92 | Symphony No. 1: "La nuit des tropiques" (Night in the Tropics), for orchestra, D. 104 (RO 255) | 17:48 min | Symphony | 1858 |
| 93 | Chant de Guerre, polka for piano, Op. 78, D. 30 (RO 48) | 5:11 min | Keyboard | 1857 |
| 94 | Danza, contradance for piano, Op. 33, D. 41 (RO 66) | 6:12 min | Keyboard | 1857 |
| 95 | La Gitanella, caprice caractéristique for piano, Op. 35, D. 61 (RO 103) | 2:48 min | Keyboard | 1857 |
| 96 | Souvenir de Porto Rico, marche des gibaros for piano, Op. 31, D. 147 (RO 250) | 6:05 min | Keyboard | 1857 |
| 97 | Ynés (Inés), danza for piano, D. 161 (RO 277) | 2:32 min | Keyboard | 1857 |
| 98 | Apothéose, grande marche solenelle for piano, Op. 29, D. 5 (RO 8) | 10:20 min | Keyboard | 1856 |
| 99 | Caprice-Polka, for piano, Op. 79, D. 26 (RO 44) | 4:39 min | Keyboard | 1856 |
| 100 | Miserere du Trovatore, concert paraphrase for piano (after Verdi), Op 52, D. 97 (RO 171) | 8:40 min | Keyboard | 1856 |
| 101 | Reflets du passé, rêverie for piano, Op. 28, D. 129 (RO 223) | 6:46 min | Keyboard | 1856 |
| 102 | Sospiro, valse poétique for piano, Op. 24, D. 142 (RO 241) | 3:03 min | Keyboard | 1856 |
| 103 | Le bananier, chanson nègre for piano, 4 hands (arranged by Carl Czerny), Op. 5, D. 14a | 3:00 min | Keyboard | 1855 |
| 104 | Marche de nuit, march for piano, 4 hands, Op. 17, D. 89a (RO 151) | 4:53 min | Keyboard | 1855 |
| 105 | Marche de nuit, march for piano, Op. 17, D. 89 (RO 151) | 4:59 min | Keyboard | 1855 |
| 106 | Pensée Poétique (II), for piano ("L'Extase"), Op. 61/62, D. 117 (RO 194) | 3:42 min | Keyboard | 1855 |
| 107 | Printemps d'amour, mazurka: caprice de concert for piano, Op. 40, D. 125 (RO 214) | 4:28 min | Keyboard | 1855 |
| 108 | Rayons d'azur, polka de salon for piano, Op. 77, D. 128 (RO 220) | 3:39 min | Keyboard | 1855 |
| 109 | Ricordati, nocturne for piano, Op. 26, D. 133 (RO 227) | 3:28 min | Keyboard | 1855 |
| 110 | Solitude, for piano, Op. 65, D. 139 (RO 239) | 4:22 min | Keyboard | 1855 |
| 111 | Chant du Soldat, grande caprice de concert for piano, Op. 23, D. 31 (RO 51) | 9:20 min | Keyboard | 1854 |
| 112 | El cocoyé, grand caprice cubain di bravura for piano, Op. 80, D. 35 (RO 57) | 6:55 min | Keyboard | 1854 |
| 113 | L'Étincelle, mazurka sentimentale for piano, 4 hands ("The Spark"), Op. 21, D. 49a (RO 80) | 3:17 min | Keyboard | 1854 |
| 114 | Le Banjo, esquisse américaine for piano, Op. 15, D. 15 (RO 22) | 3:52 min | Keyboard | 1854 |
| 115 | Le Chant du martyr, grand caprice religieux for piano, D. 30 (RO 49) | 7:00 min | Keyboard | 1854 |
| 116 | Marche funèbre (II), for piano, Op. 64, D. 90b (RO 149) | 5:07 min | Keyboard | 1854 |
| 117 | The Last Hope, meditation for piano, Op. 16, D. 80 (RO 133) | 6:02 min | Keyboard | 1854 |
| 118 | Tournament Galop, for piano, D. 153 (RO 264) | 3:10 min | Keyboard | 1854 |
| 119 | Ballade, for piano in A flat major, D. 9 (RO 271) | 4:05 min | Keyboard | 1853 |
| 120 | Danse des sylphes, caprice de concert (after Godefroid), Op. 86, D. 40 (RO 65) | 9:05 min | Keyboard | 1853 |
| 121 | Deuxième Banjo, for piano, Op. 82, D. 16 (RO 24) | 4:53 min | Keyboard | 1853 |
| 122 | Forest Glade Polka, polka brillante for piano, Op. 25, D. 58 (RO 98) | 3:01 min | Keyboard | 1853 |
| 123 | Marche funèbre (I), for piano, Op. 61, D. 90a (RO 148) | 5:44 min | Keyboard | 1853 |
| 124 | Chanson du gitano, for piano, D. 28 (RO 35 & 274) | 4:33 min | Keyboard | 1852 |
| 125 | La Jota aragonesa, caprice espagñol for piano, 4 hands, Op. 14, D. 79 (RO 131) | 3:38 min | Keyboard | 1852 |
| 126 | La Jota aragonesa, caprice espagñol for piano, Op. 14, D. 79 (RO 130) | 3:14 min | Keyboard | 1852 |
| 127 | Manchega, étude de concert for piano, Op. 38, D. 86 (RO 143) | 3:49 min | Keyboard | 1852 |
| 128 | Minuit à Seville, caprice for piano, Op. 30, D. 96 (RO 170) | 5:02 min | Keyboard | 1852 |
| 129 | Scherzo-romantique, for piano, Op. 73, D. 136 (RO 233) | 3:55 min | Keyboard | 1851 |
| 130 | Souvenirs d'Andalousie, caprice de concert for piano, Op. 22, D. 148 (RO 242) | 4:13 min | Keyboard | 1851 |
| 131 | The Water Sprite, polka de salon for piano, Op. 27, D. 159 (RO 296) | 4:34 min | Keyboard | 1851 |
| 132 | God Save the Queen (America), morceau de concert for piano, Op. 41, D. 62 (RO106) | 4:10 min | Keyboard | 1850 |
| 133 | Jerusalem, grande fantaise triomphale (opera paraphrase, after Verdi) for piano, (RO 126) | 9:57 min | Keyboard | 1850 |
| 134 | Le Carnaval de Venise, grand caprice with variations, Op. 89, D. 27 (RO 45) | 12:26 min | Keyboard | 1850 |
| 135 | Le songe d'une nuit d'été, opera paraphrase for piano (after A. Thomas), Op. 9, D. 141 (RO 240) | 3:33 min | Keyboard | 1850 |
| 136 | Mazurka rustique, mazurka for piano, Op. 81, D. 64 (RO 166) | 3:32 min | Keyboard | 1850 |
| 137 | Danse ossianique, for piano, Op. 12, D. 39 (RO 64) | 3:32 min | Keyboard | 1849 |
| 138 | La chasse du jeune Henri, morceau de concert for piano, Op. 10, D. 32 (RO 54) | 9:35 min | Keyboard | 1849 |
| 139 | Le Mancenillier, sérénade for piano, Op. 11, D. 45 (RO 142) | 5:31 min | Keyboard | 1849 |
| 140 | L'Étincelle, mazurka sentimentale for piano ("The Spark"), Op. 20, D. 49 (RO 80) | 3:16 min | Keyboard | 1848 |
| 141 | La Moissonneuse, mazurka caractéristique for piano, Op. 8, D. 98 (RO 173) | 2:46 min | Keyboard | 1848 |
| 142 | La Mélancolie, étude caractéristique for piano (after Godefroid), D. 95 (RO 167) | 5:27 min | Keyboard | 1848 |
| 143 | Colliers d'Or, mazurkas (2) for piano, Op. 6, D. 36 (RO 58/59) | 3:44 min | Keyboard | 1846 |
| 144 | La Savane, ballade créole for piano, Op. 3, D. 135 (RO 232) | 6:25 min | Keyboard | 1846 |
| 145 | Le bananier, chanson nègre for piano, Op. 5, D. 14 (RO 21) | 2:56 min | Keyboard | 1846 |
| 146 | Ossian, ballades (2) for piano, Op. 4, D. 109 (RO 187) | 5:14 min | Keyboard | 1846 |
| 147 | Souvenir des Ardennes, mazurka de salon for piano, D. 143 (RO 243) | 4:28 min | Keyboard | 1846 |
| 148 | Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20) | 7:47 min | Keyboard | 1844 |
| 149 | Polka de salon, for piano, Op. 1, D. 123 (RO 207) | 3:35 min | Keyboard | 1844 |
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