Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Pasquinade
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Pasquinade
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk
- Editor Douglas McLain
- Series Baton Orchestral
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM720
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Description:
Music historians often cite Gottschalk's 'Pasquinade' as one of the earliest pieces that establish the ragtime style - an ''On beat' bass line and ''Off beat' accompanying rhythm beneath a syncopated melody. It certainly has elements that show up later in the Cakewalk and Ragtime, which are precursors of Jazz.
'Pasquinade' was a musical mega-hit in both Europe and the Americas. It was played everywhere and it would have impossible not to have heard it: often played in salons, homes, public concerts and by orchestras and bands (the Sousa band played it often and even recorded it).
'Pasquinade' was a musical mega-hit in both Europe and the Americas. It was played everywhere and it would have impossible not to have heard it: often played in salons, homes, public concerts and by orchestras and bands (the Sousa band played it often and even recorded it).