Gottschalk, Louis Moreau. (1829–1869). Le Banjo - Caprice Américain. SIGNED.. Paris: Leon Escudier. [c.1855]. [Opus 15]. For piano solo. Upright folio. Title; 1 - 13 pp. Engraved. [PN] 1600. With a lengthy signed inscription in the hand of the composer at the head of the elaborate title page where the "Banjo" is spelled out in a fantastic illustration of jumbled musical instruments. Scattered foxing, otherwise very fine. Beautifully bound in red marbled boards and half red calf.
Probably Gottschalk's most famous work, Le Banjo is a portrait of a virtuoso banjo player in a minstrel show. Towards the end of the work, one can hear echoes of Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races," published just four years ealier.
Probably Gottschalk's most famous work, Le Banjo is a portrait of a virtuoso banjo player in a minstrel show. Towards the end of the work, one can hear echoes of Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races," published just four years ealier.
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau. (1829–1869). Le Banjo - Caprice Américain. SIGNED.. Paris: Leon Escudier. [c.1855]. [Opus 15]. For piano solo. Upright folio. Title; 1 - 13 pp. Engraved. [PN] 1600. With a lengthy signed inscription in the hand of the composer at the head of the elaborate title page where the "Banjo" is spelled out in a fantastic illustration of jumbled musical instruments. Scattered foxing, otherwise very fine. Beautifully bound in red marbled boards and half red calf.
Probably Gottschalk's most famous work, Le Banjo is a portrait of a virtuoso banjo player in a minstrel show. Towards the end of the work, one can hear echoes of Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races," published just four years ealier.
Probably Gottschalk's most famous work, Le Banjo is a portrait of a virtuoso banjo player in a minstrel show. Towards the end of the work, one can hear echoes of Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races," published just four years ealier.