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    Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Orchestral Repertory


    ORCHESTRAL WORKS:

    D number: J.G. Doyle (Louis Moreau Gottschalk 1829–1869: a Bibliographical Study and Catalog of Works [Detroit, 1983]); RO number: R. Offergeld (The Centennial Catalogue of the Published and Unpublished Compositions of Louis Moreau Gottschalk [New York, 1970])

    Symphonie romantique ‘La nuit des tropiques’ (1858–9). D104 ; RO 255 (Symphony No. 1)

    Scores :
    Night in the Tropics, Gaylen Hatton (NY: Boosey & Hawkes, 1965)  
    Composer’s holograph score at NYPL for the Performing Arts.
    Fleisher Collection: photonegative reproduction, score and parts (probably of the NYPL MS) 
    Editions:
    Scholarly edition of both Nuit and Montevideo are under preparation for the Music in the United States of America  (MUSA) series (volume 38) edited by Laura Moore Pruett (Madison, WI: A-R Editions, forthcoming). Expected completion 2025.

    Recordings:
    (1) Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Abravanel, conductor
    (Duration: 18:58)

    Marcha triunfal y final de opera [Carlos IX] (1860) D87; RO 157

    Scores: NYp (New York, 1969);
    Recordings: none known

    Grande tarantelle (pf, orch, op.67) (1858–64) D66 ; RO 259

    Scores: NYp, ?Philadelphia, 29 Oct 1864
    IMSLP: Several arrangements for piano (four hands; two pianos; solo piano)
    Scores:
    (1) Grand tarantelle for piano and orchestra, arranged by Hershy Kay (NY: Boosey & Hawkes, 1963). Available Fleisher Collection 283P
    (2) Grand tarantelle for piano and orchestra, William McDermott, ed. (Boca Raton, FL: Kalmus Editions, 2000 (Kalmus Orchestra Library 8911)

    Recordings:
    (1.) Utah SYmphony Orchestra, Abravanel,c con. Reid Nibley, pf (Duration 7:24)
    (2.) San Francisco SO (1996) (Duration: 8:47)
    (3.) Garden State Philharmonic, Anthony LaGruth. Vladimir Zaitsev, pf  (2014) (Duration: 8:30)

    Marche solennelle (Gran marcha solemne), orch, band (1866–8). D91; RO 154

    Scores: , NYp, ed. D. Hunsberger (New York, 1969)
    IMSLP: for piano
    Recordings: none known

    Symphony no.2 ‘A Montevideo’ (1865–8) D99; RO 257

    Scores: NYp Electrostatic reproduction of composer’s MS at NYPL
    Scholarly edition of both Nuit and Montevideo are under preparation for the MUSA series (volume 38) edited by Laura Moore Pruett. (Madison, WI: A-R Editions, forthcoming). Expected completion 2025.

    Recordings:
    (1.) Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg. (Duration 11:17) With video of MS score. 
    (2.) Summerville Orchestra (2022) (Duration: 11:34) Using the as-yet unpublished scholarly edition by Laura Pruett.

    Variations de concert sur l’hymne portugais du roi D. Louis l (pf, orch, 1869), op.91 ; D157a ; RO 289. (originally piano solo)

    Scores: NYp (New York, 1969)

    Recordings: (1.) Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Eugene List, pf.

    Souvenir de Porto Rico (1855) Orch and piano.

    Scores:
    The Bicentennial Musical Celebration (Phila: T. Presser, 1975). score and parts. Arranged Thor Johnson, Philip James, and Adolphus Hailstork.
    In Fleisher Collection. Fleisher Collection U-2407. Score and parts.

    Recordings:
    (1.) Piano and orchestra.  Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg; pianist Michael Linville.  (Duration: 5:56)
    (2.) Other recordings on YouTube for various combinations of instruments, including high school and college orchestras

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