Notes of a Pianist
Researched Bibliographic Dossier
Verified edition data and a musicological research note prepared specifically for this work.
- Title
- Notes of a Pianist
- Author
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place
- Philadelphia
- Year
- 1881
- Language
- English
- Type
- Diaries / memoir / pianist primary source
- Subject
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk
SCOPE & CONTENT
Notes of a Pianist is a substantial biographical or documentary resource concerning Louis Moreau Gottschalk. The dossier identifies the work by author and subject and places it within the history of performance, composition, institutions, repertory and reception where relevant. It is especially useful for distinguishing primary testimony, later recollection and modern biographical reconstruction rather than treating all narrative evidence as equally secure.
RESEARCH VALUE
For research use, the record emphasizes chronology, professional networks, repertory, recordings, premieres, teaching and institutional context whenever the source contains them. Autobiographies and interview books are flagged as first-person evidence; scholarly biographies are treated as interpretive syntheses that should be compared with correspondence, archival documentation and discographies where available.
BIOGRAPHICAL SCOPE
The record is curated around Louis Moreau Gottschalk, with title and author variants preserved to improve retrieval even when the physical filename is shortened or differs from the published title. Edition data are retained conservatively and are never used to overwrite an existing verified catalogue value.
RESEARCH USE
The source is catalogued not only as a life narrative but also as evidence for performance practice, professional networks, repertory, recordings, premieres, teaching and reception whenever those topics are present. The physical document remains untouched by this enrichment layer.
- Catalogue completeness
- 6 / 10 core bibliographic fields