New `Angel of Music’ to be unveiled at Green-Wood
Louis Gottschalk was first Gershwin’
Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is the final resting place for many famous musicians and composers.
While some are still well-known to the general public, such as Leonard Bernstein, others may not be as famous today. One of these is Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), America’s first internationally recognized composer and virtuoso pianist.