Composition: Le banjo, Op. 15 (Gottschalk, Louis Moreau)
| Title | Le banjo |
| Alternative title | Le banjo: Esquisse américaine / Fantaisie grotesque The Banjo: Grotesque Fantasie [sic]: An American Sketch |
| Creators | Louis Moreau Gottschalk (composer) |
| Opus | Op.15 |
| Instrumentation | piano |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | F sharp major |
| Composed | 1854 |
| First published | 1855 |
| Dedication | Richard Hoffman |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 240 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Fantasias |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | piano | — |
| view | Complete | piano left hand | Charles Kunkel |
| view | Complete | guitar | Jacob Logan Downer |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | William Hall & Son | 1855 | Complete Score (scan) Complete Score (filter) Complete Score (lower resolution) |
| view | Complete | — | Schott | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | — | Schirmer | 1901 | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | W. Paxton & Co. | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano left hand |
Kunkel Brothers | 1911 | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for guitar |
— | — | Complete Score Engraving files (Finale 2012) |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Files (click to listen) |
|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Complete Recording |
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