At a time when New Orleans, its people and its musicians are suffering, we'd like to pay tribute to its rich musical history with a look at one of the city's most remarkable natives, Louis Moreau ...

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A sculpture honoring Louis Moreau Gottschalk, a famous pianist, composer and performer, is now on display at the Green-Wood Cemetery. Gottschalk (listen to him here) was considered the most famous ...

On Feb. 21, 1865, one of the most scandalous of 19th-century musicians came to East Central Indiana to give a concert. Richmond might be the cradle of recorded jazz, but New Orleans composer-pianist ...

Donald Macleod discovers why Gottschalk lived out the final years of his life in a self-imposed exile from America This week, Donald Macleod takes us on a whirlwind journey through some of the most ...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was a composer whose music contributed greatly to New Orleans' musical heritage. Later in the hour, host Fred Child talks with author and commentator Frederick Starr about ...

In 1861, Louis Moreau Gottschalk borrowed the overture to an opera by Etienne Mehul. The opera was called Le Jeune Henri, or "Young Henry." After Gottschalk arranged it for multiple pianos, it was ...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was an American original. He blended French elegance with New Orleanian sultriness with Afro-Caribbean rhythms. His so-called Creole compositions made him all the rage in Paris ...

As the situation in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast develops day by day, we hear music by a famous New Orleans composer of the 19th century. Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in the French Quarter and ...

For this Veteran's Day commemoration, we turn to some Americana. Louis Moreau Gottschalk was a 19th-century virtuoso pianist from New Orleans. Steven Mayer plays Gottschalk's Souvenir of Puerto Rico ...

Frederick Starr, an author, scholar and professor, has a lot to say about the musical traditions of New Orleans. Host Fred Child talks with Starr about the city's musical past. And we hear music from ...