Brief Overview of Louis Moreau Gottchalk, "An Important Artists of African Descent". Researched and produced by Joshua Mhoon.

1. Louis Moreau Gottschalk
by Joshua Mhoon

2. Louis Moreau Gottschalk
1829-1869
An Important Artist of African Decent
By Joshua Mhoon
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3. Early life
Gottschalk was born in New
Orleans, in 1829. His mother was
creole and father was jewish. He
started playing piano at a very
early age when he moved in with
his maternal grandmother in Haiti.
He had his first performance in a
informal hotel at the age of
eleven.

4. Early life (cont.)
At the age of thirteen he and
his father left the rest of
Gottschalk’s 12 siblings back
home and sailed from the US
to Europe realizing it would be
best if young Louis got a good
classical training if he were
going to continue music as a
career. Sadly he got rejected
from the Paris Conservatoire.

5. Career
After Gottschalk, age fifteen, came back
to the U.S. from Europe he started touring
all through Central and South America. By
the time he was thirty two, he was one of
the most known composers and pianist in
the Western Hemisphere and Australia.
He often wrote romantic songs.
He was often seen on the covers of
magazines like Vanity Fair as well.

6. His Music

7. Louis Moreau Gottschalk