Dr. Johns,  I share your interest in Gottschalk's music.  I have what
purports to be a complete listing of piano rolls made of his music (Louis
Moreau Gottschalk - Bibliographical Study and Catalog of Works," by John
G. Doyle, copyright 1983)  although I have come across a roll not on that
list (La Gallina on Aeolian Themodist).  It shows 29 recorded titles on
64 different rolls (many titles with more than one performance).

If you'd like a copy of this list send a fax number, or if you don't have
one I'll snail mail it.  I'm interested in any duplicate Gottschalk rolls
you may have for sale or trade (I have Gottschalk sheet music you may be
interested in).

If your posting turns up someone who can convert MIDI files to rolls, I
have a friend who is a fine pianist and has dozens of  Gottschalk pieces
in his repertoire, and who would be interested in making piano rolls.  I
play a little Gottschalk myself, and my friend and I are working up some
of LMG's four-hand transcriptions.  Did you know that a lot of his music
was originally written for four hands on one piano, and only afterwards
transcribed for solo piano?

I have also been shocked, like you, at "the number of knowledgeable
musicians I have met who have never even heard of Gottschalk."  I'm
making it a personal mission to spread the word and re-popularize this
wonderful music.  There are quite a few recently-issued CDs of very fine
performances of Gottschalk, so there does seem to be the beginning of a
revival.

Also, there was a "Gottschalk Festival" in Denver last September, which
was attended by my friend mentioned above.  It was a pretty pathetic
affair, according to him, with only about 30 attendees.  But that was
mostly due to poor organizing; there is obviously a groundswell of
interest in Gottschalk that was not properly exploited.

Larry Lobel
Virtuoso Piano Service
Petaluma, California