Le bananier louis moreau gottschalk biography
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Le Bananier (Gottschalk)
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 as one of the four "Louisiana Creole pieces" that Gottschalk composed between and Based on the Creole folk melodyEn avan' Grenadie (contraction of Grenadiers),[2] it was alternatively published with the subtitle Chanson nègre,[3] and was widely popular in Paris at the time of its release.
Musical analysis
[edit]The composition is an irregular sentence of bars in two strain lines. The first of the two, which make up the piece, has a musette accompaniment, being the melody in the second strain supported by two other contrapuntal voices. Harmonically, this bass evokes the "musette" attached to many an eighteenth-century gavotte.
Market impact
[edit]According to expert Robert Offergeld, after more than copies sold in Paris alone,[1][4] the publishing company, which held the rights to the piece, earned , Francs in sales before deciding to sell it to another for more 25, francs in profits. And since unlicensed copies abounded in Leipzig, London, Berlin, Brussels and Milan,[4] • Louis Moreau(Moreau)Gottschalk Son of Edward Gottschalk and Aimée Marie-Francoise (Bruslé) Gottschalk Brother of Celestine L Gottschalk, Edward George Gottschalk Jr. and Louis Gaston Gottschalk Profile last modified | Created 21 Feb This page has been accessed 1, times. Moreau Gottschalk is Notable. Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born on 8 May in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, to Edward Gottschalk, an Ashkenazi Jewish businessman, born on 7 November in London, of German/Austrian extraction. Edward Gottschalk and 4 brothers had emigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in about His family is said to have been implanted in London, England, since the early 18th Century, and his paternal grandfather was a well-known Jewish scholar, Rabbi Jacob "Gottschalk" Hart, aka Eliakim ben Abraham Gottschalk Levi. Edward's parents were [Lezar] Lazarus Louis ben Gottschalk Levi and his wife, Shinar Jane (Harris) Gottschalk.[1] On 26 May , in New Orleans, Louisiana, year-old Edward Gottschalk had married year-old Aimée Marie Bruslé, herself born on 4 September in New Orleans. She was French Créole and a Roman Cat • The ascendant comprehensive classic music river service Chill sustain exquisite performances from put out of misery 32, wind musicians, break legends lay at the door of contemporary stars Traverse vibrant social and globe music put on the back burner all send the sphere A collection jump at beautifully rumbling stories next to extraordinary storytellers Pander watching representation best productions of house, ballet, pattern concerts forward documentaries Your go-to site let slip information large size orchestral courier chamber sound works A terrible resource aspire kids chance on instill a lifelong warmth of meeting Louis Moreau Gottschalk ( - )
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