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Bamboula! : The Life and Times of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by S. Frederick Starr (1995, Hardcover)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195072375

ISBN-139780195072372

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Book TitleBamboula! : the Life and Times of Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Number of Pages608 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral

Publication Year1995

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography

AuthorS. Frederick Starr

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight36.7 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN93-011539

Reviews"At last! Thanks to S. Frederick Starr, we now have a well-researched, readable biography of the fabulous Louis Moreau Gottschalk, America's first great pianist, first classical music matinee idol, and first nationalistic composer. Mr. Starr brings the man and his period vividly tolife."--Harld C. Schonberg, former Senior Music Critic of The New York Times, "Bamboula! is a heartfelt bit of scholarship....a meticulous musicalhistory....Starr makes his case for a reexamination of a musician who 'developeda path-breaking approach that responded to the public without condescending toit.'"--Washington Post Book World, "Bamboula! is a heartfelt bit of scholarship....a meticulous musical history....Starr makes his case for a reexamination of a musician who 'developed a path-breaking approach that responded to the public without condescending to it.'"--Washington Post Book World, "Starr brings [Gottschalk] and his world to vivid life in a scholarly andimportant biography written with a sense of immediacy worthy of EntertainmentTonight."--USA Today, "This long awaited biography of Louis Moreau Gottschalk is a classic study. Fred Starr shapes an unforgettable portrait of America's first internationally recognized composer."--William Ferris, Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of Mississippi, "This splendid book deserves highest praise for its accomplishments....All of us interested in American music or music in general must read this book." -- Peter Rollins, Journal of Popular Culture, "This splendid book deserves highest praise for its accomplishments....Allof us interested in American music or music in general must read this book." --Peter Rollins, Journal of Popular Culture, "Starr brings [Gottschalk] and his world to vivid life in a scholarly and important biography written with a sense of immediacy worthy of Entertainment Tonight."--USA Today, "This long awaited biography of Louis Moreau Gottschalk is a classicstudy. Fred Starr shapes an unforgettable portrait of America's firstinternationally recognized composer."--William Ferris, Director, Center for theStudy of Southern Culture, The University of Mississippi, "At last! Thanks to S. Frederick Starr, we now have a well-researched,readable biography of the fabulous Louis Moreau Gottschalk, America's firstgreat pianist, first classical music matinee idol, and first nationalisticcomposer. Mr. Starr brings the man and his period vividly to life."--Harld C.Schonberg, former Senior Music Critic of The New York Times

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal780/.92 B

SynopsisLouis Moreau Gottschalk was an American original. A spellbinding piano virtuoso, he was America's first internationally recognized composer, whose "classical" works received accolades from Hector Berlioz and Victor Hugo, and whose arch-romantic melodies became for Americans the standard expressions of common emotions. Perhaps most important, his immensely popular Louisiana and Caribbean pieces--such as Danza, Pasquinade, or Bamboula--anticipated ragtime by fifty years. Indeed, the colorful and exotic textures of Gottschalk's music establish him at the head of what is today the mainstream of popular American culture. In Bamboula!, S. Frederick Starr presents an authoritatively researched, engagingly written biography of America's first authentic musical voice. Starr paints for us a striking portrait of Gottschalk's childhood in 1830s New Orleans, a city madly devoted to music, where opera companies, music halls, fiddlers and banjo-pickers, church choirs, and Army bands all contributed to what Starr calls "the most stunning manifestation of Jacksonian democracy in the realm of culture to be found anywhere in America." We meet Gottschalk's African-American nurse Sally, who regaled him with the creole songs, legends, and lore of her native Haiti, which would inform some of his finest music. We travel with Gottschalk to Paris, where he was a sensation, playing in fashionable salons for the likes of Lamartine, Gautier, and Dumas; and we join his flight from the Revolution of 1848 to a town north of Paris, where he composed his first great works--Bamboula, La Savane, Le Bananier, and Le Mancenillier--all published over the name "Gottschalk of Louisiana." Starr describes Gottschalk's successful return to New York City in the early 1850s, where he enjoyed a degree of popularity never before accorded to an American performer or composer, becoming our first homegrown concert idol. But Starr also examines the life-long struggle between the Catholic Gottschalk and earnest Protestant champions of "serious" music, a battle that pitted the austere values of northern Europe against the brighter sensibilities of Paris, Louisiana, and the West Indies. Based on extensive research, including hundreds of letters written by Gottschalk (in French, Spanish, and English) which are used here for the first time, Bamboula! illuminates an exotic but tragic life, as well as one of the most democratic phases of American cultural life, a world of bustling impresarios and America's first bohemian circle. A major biography in every sense, it will help reestablish Gottschalk's place in American musical history., Louis Moreau Gottschalk was an American original. A spellbinding piano virtuoso, he was America's first internationally recognized composer, whose "classical" works received accolades from Hector Berlioz and Victor Hugo, and whose arch-romantic melodies became for Americans the standard expressions of common emotions. Perhaps most important, his immensely popular Louisiana and Caribbean pieces--such as Danza , Pasquinade , or Bamboula --anticipated ragtime by fifty years. Indeed, the colorful and exotic textures of Gottschalk's music establish him at the head of what is today the mainstream of popular American culture. In Bamboula! , S. Frederick Starr presents an authoritatively researched, engagingly written biography of America's first authentic musical voice. Starr paints for us a striking portrait of Gottschalk's childhood in 1830s New Orleans, a city madly devoted to music, where opera companies, music halls, fiddlers and banjo-pickers, church choirs, and Army bands all contributed to what Starr calls "the most stunning manifestation of Jacksonian democracy in the realm of culture to be found anywhere in America." We meet Gottschalk's African-American nurse Sally, who regaled him with the creole songs, legends, and lore of her native Haiti, which would inform some of his finest music. We travel with Gottschalk to Paris, where he was a sensation, playing in fashionable salons for the likes of Lamartine, Gautier, and Dumas; and we join his flight from the Revolution of 1848 to a town north of Paris, where he composed his first great works-- Bamboula , La Savane , Le Bananier , and Le Mancenillier --all published over the name "Gottschalk of Louisiana." Starr describes Gottschalk's successful return to New York City in the early 1850s, where he enjoyed a degree of popularity never before accorded to an American performer or composer, becoming our first homegrown concert idol. But Starr also examines the life-long struggle between the Catholic Gottschalk and earnest Protestant champions of "serious" music, a battle that pitted the austere values of northern Europe against the brighter sensibilities of Paris, Louisiana, and the West Indies. Based on extensive research, including hundreds of letters written by Gottschalk (in French, Spanish, and English) which are used here for the first time, Bamboula! illuminates an exotic but tragic life, as well as one of the most democratic phases of American cultural life, a world of bustling impresarios and America's first bohemian circle. A major biography in every sense, it will help reestablish Gottschalk's place in American musical history., Louis Moreau Gottschalk was an American original. A spellbinding piano virtuoso, he was America's first internationally recognized composer, whose "classical" works received accolades from Hector Berlioz and Victor Hugo, and whose arch-romantic melodies became for Americans the standardexpressions of common emotions. Perhaps most important, his immensely popular Louisiana and Caribbean pieces--such as Danza, Pasquinade, or Bamboula--anticipated ragtime by fifty years. Indeed, the colorful and exotic textures of Gottschalk's music establish him at the head of what is today themainstream of popular American culture. In Bamboula!, S. Frederick Starr presents an authoritatively researched, engagingly written biography of America's first authentic musical voice. Starr paints for us a striking portrait of Gottschalk's childhood in 1830s New Orleans, a city madly devoted to music, where opera companies, musichalls, fiddlers and banjo-pickers, church choirs, and Army bands all contributed to what Starr calls "the most stunning manifestation of Jacksonian democracy in the realm of culture to be found anywhere in America." We meet Gottschalk's African-American nurse Sally, who regaled him with the creolesongs, legends, and lore of her native Haiti, which would inform some of his finest music. We travel with Gottschalk to Paris, where he was a sensation, playing in fashionable salons for the likes of Lamartine, Gautier, and Dumas; and we join his flight from the Revolution of 1848 to a town north ofParis, where he composed his first great works--Bamboula, La Savane, Le Bananier, and Le Mancenillier--all published over the name "Gottschalk of Louisiana." Starr describes Gottschalk's successful return to New York City in the early 1850s, where he enjoyed a degree of popularity never beforeaccorded to an American performer or composer, becoming our first homegrown concert idol. But Starr also examines the life-long struggle between the Catholic Gottschalk and earnest Protestant champions of "serious" music, a battle that pitted the austere values of northern Europe against thebrighter sensibilities of Paris, Louisiana, and the West Indies. Based on extensive research, including hundreds of letters written by Gottschalk (in French, Spanish, and English) which are used here for the first time, Bamboula! illuminates an exotic but tragic life, as well as one of the most democratic phases of American cultural life, a world of bustlingimpresarios and America's first bohemian circle. A major biography in every sense, it will help reestablish Gottschalk's place in American musical history.

LC Classification NumberML410.G68S7 1995