Bill Kirchen’s @bkirchen trio returns to #Louisiana listening rooms http://nola.tw/Mz
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Bill Kirchen’s @bkirchen trio returns to #Louisiana listening rooms http://nola.tw/Mz
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by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
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1829 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born on this day. A composer and pianist and native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works. From an early age he was recognized as a wunderkind by the New Orleans bourgeois establishment. In 1840, he gave his informal public debut at the new St. Charles Hotel. His music was very popular during his lifetime, and his earliest compositions created a sensation in Europe. Early pieces like "Le Bananier" and "Bamboula" were based on Gottschalk's memories of the music he heard during his youth in Louisiana. Gottschalk chose to travel to South America, where he continued to give frequent concerts. During one of these concerts, in Rio de Janeiro on November 24, 1869, he collapsed from having contracted malaria. He passed away in 1869 at the age of 40. |