Gottschalk, Louis Moreau - Signed Carte-de-Visite 1862 Autographs Singers 50 or less B issue Dec 8th-15th

issue Dec 8th-15th

dated in 1914

storage holes not affecting signature - see scans

Arrau played Beethoven Piano concerto Nr 5

autograph note signed

Gottschalk, Louis Moreau - Signed Carte-de-Visite 1862 Autographs Singers 50 or less B issue Dec 8th-15thAmerican composer and virtuoso pianist (18291869), one of the first figures in American music to attain an international reputation as a composer, Gottschalk spent most of his life abroad and died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at age 40. Signed carte de visite style photo, by Dunshee, Rhode Island, inscribed and dated in New York in 1862. Size is 4. 25 x 2. 5 inches, signature is on verso, overall toning, otherwise in very good condition. Rare!