Listen to an hour of piano or organ music from the
pianonoise archives. All from the fingers of Michael
Hammer, webmaestro, concert pianist and organist.
The Current program:
The fascinating music of Louis Moreau
Gottschalk, an early American pioneer of the
piano recital. In his short life he concertized
on three continents, including the northern
United States during the Civil War. Most of
these recordings were made in late June 2013 as
I prepared for a concert to commemorate the
150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on
July 1-3 1863. Gottschalk happened to be touring
in Pennsylvania at the time. Some of his
entertaining writings can be found
here.
