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Welcome to the Daily Download, a free, downloadable piece of classical music available every weekday.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the first important American composer to fuse European classical piano music with American cultural influences, including folk music, the music of slaves, and Latin American dances. Today's download is the deliciously Gallic Pasquinade.
Today's piece is:
L. Gottschalk - Pasquinade
Piano Music - A Night in the Tropics
Steven Mayer, piano
Naxos 8.559693
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