Scott Joplin is probably the best known and most influential African American composer. He is famous for his piano rags. This blogpost is part of the series American Composers from A-Z, featuring a composer whose last name starts with the letter "j".
Gondolas have been the subject of many artworks including Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Gondolas are part of the Venice cityscape and have an interesting history.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was an American composer and pianist who combined European, Cuban and Latin American music styles in his virtuosic compositions, mostly written for piano.