concert copyright registered march composition work wife death september pneumonia weeks wedding time composer significant financial problems work sell successfully time publication soon neglected forgotten rediscovered result revival 1970s received acclaim biographers critics piece combines different styles music classical seen demonstrating excellence classical composer work described beautiful piece greatest masterpiece finest background composition principal claim fame publication best selling instrumental hit provided composer steady income rest life royalties despite success early career named king numerous contemporaries continued financial problems repeated success fall lost large money national tour opera guest honor box office receipts stolen unidentified associate belongings including score opera confiscated non payment boarding house bills opera considered lost copy registered found subsequently short money thought actively seeking commissions divorce wife disastrous relationship loss infant daughter married year old second wife june dedicated published year died september pneumonia weeks wedding whereabouts unknown point early returned missouri known associates pianist musician lived march registered copyright dedicated work little known louis copyright date significant works registered copyright purposes lack detail aspects life including pieces composed biographer speculated dedication unusual able help professionally showcasing work commissioning recognition personal support given difficult time death origin mystery identity woman featured cover work original publication unknown claimed image wedding day positive identification difficult photograph cover piece subject race clearly work published piano manufacturing company firm published compositions berlin speculates point career despite fame brought unable arrange favorable terms publishers example announced july completion song stand good published copies song found released difficult time emotionally financially compositions released half years death little known insignificant publishers largely unnoticed time publication quality finances remained unsatisfactory state wrote works hire form introduction musical strains different keys major flat major major minor major respectively sections linked transitional passages enable work change key strains means interlude themes written instruction means flowing style piece time main theme repeated times work introduction coda sadly poignant graceful nostalgic mood partly dictated main theme starts melody note major chord creating measure theme set different harmony creates variations variants theme haunting minor key strain strain major key mood combines rhythm conventionally quarter notes bass melody main melody line introduction repeated regularly alternate eighth notes quarter notes rhythm minus final note popular african american dance originated plantation slave communities nineteenth century america ultimately contributed musical style simultaneous sounding independent rhythms combination bass main theme example subtle variations sequence occur work left hand follows standard approach classical bass note followed mid range chords addition passages melodies independently complement example themes examples employing octaves theme key flat major closely related main theme presenting bass melody lines moving opposite directions contrary motion exchanging melodies bars pattern repeats theme opening phrase bars like theme key major evident harmony moving contrary motion bass line similar way section harmony falls bass rises sharp critical reception clear composition reception time piece publication company little previous experience indicate little positive impact composer financial problems wanted considered artist spoke preference classical music compositions operas guest honor indicate trying taken seriously composer like works largely forgotten death slow revival discovery started 1940s concentrated piano played revival decade sales year subsequently records disk sell million copies pieces performed follow volume billboard best selling classical chart september record number follow volume number combined set volumes number separately volumes chart weeks wrote giving artists like opportunity music disk records created revival composition featured soundtrack hollywood film curious case performance composition pianist described critic letting inherent music emerge piece perfectly suited movie tender heartfelt remembrance love lost biographer believed beautiful piece greatest repeated main theme major passages harmonies biographer wrote work masterpiece thanks rhythmic variations beauty strain melodies richly scored harmony especially considered comparison light salon style published year publication described work finest critics praised piece author survey american music noting rhythms combined produce ingenious delightful example stylistic accommodation showing composer adventurous par excellence able combine tradition innovation consistently inventive way critic arranger music solo guitar wrote displayed characteristic style seductive manner time signature
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