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NOTES OF A PIANIST.


BY

LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK,

PIANIST AND COMPOSER,

CHEVALIER OF THE ORDERS OF ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC, CHARLES III., AND
LION OF HOLSTEIN-LIMBOURG; MEMBER OF THE PHILHARMONIC
SOCIETIES OF BORDEAUX, NEW YORK, HAVANA,
RIO DE JANEIRO, ETC. ETC.


DURING HIS PROFESSIONAL TOURS IN THE UNITED STATES,
CANADA, THE ANTILLES, AND SOUTH AMERICA.


PRECEDED BY A

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH WITH CONTEMPORANEOUS
CRITICISMS.


EDITED BY HIS SISTER,

CLARA GOTTSCHALK


TRANSLATED PROM THE FRENCH BY

ROBERT E. PETERSON, M.D.



"We see that nothing is wanting in the works of Gottschalk, neither variety in the subjects treated of, nor originality of style. He merits then, as composer and as artist, a separate place alongside of the great masters of modern art."—A. Marmontel.



PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.;
LONDON: 16 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1881.