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| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Arrival in New York—Barnum's offer declined—Leaves for New Orleans—Concerts in New York and Philadelphia—Concerts at New Orleans—Gold medal presented to him—Returns to New York—Concert at Boston, and news of his father's death—Leaves for New Orleans—Pays his father's debts—Publishes 'Last Hope,' etc.—Eighty concerts from 1855 to 1856—Death of his mother—Returns to the Antilles, in company with Adelina Patti—Composes 'Columbia,' etc.—His rest at Matouba—Other pieces composed—Again at Havana—Organizes a great festival with eight hundred musicians—'La Nuit des Tropiques'—Created Chevalier of the i-oyal and distinguished order of Charles III. by Queen Isabella—Arrival and death of his brother Edward in New York—Max Strakosch's offer accepted—Eleven hundred concerts given—Leaves San Francisco for South America—Arrival and tour in South America—Lima, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres—Concerts given for benefit of French, German, and English hospitals—Gold medals—Rio Janeiro—Marked attention from Dom Pedro and Queen—Attacked with fellow fever—Visits to Emperor Dom Pedro—Soirée in his honour at Emperor's palace, San Christorao—Emperor's delicacy—Kindness of Emperor during his sickness—Public reception by clergy of Imperial College of Alcantara—Concert at Valenza—His last concert—Faints at piano and conveyed home—Illness—Conveyed to Tijuca—His decease | 66 |
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| Notices of his death—His funeral under the control of the Philharmonic Society—Great lamentation in Rio—Burial in cemetery of San Jose Baptista—Orations at his grave—His intentions after leaving Brazil to visit Great Britain—On receiving news of death his sisters leave London for New York—Gottschalk's body brought to New York—Conveyed to St. Stephen's Church—Funeral celebration—His body, with that of his brother Edward, conveyed to Greenwood Cemetery—Monument erected by his brother and sisters | 75 |
| POSTHUMOUS CRITICISMS. | |
| Gottschalk as a Man | 79 |
| Gottschalk as a Composer and Pianist | 80 |
