" The boy died in 1845, aged
fifteen; Paul Gunsberg, who died the same year, was also very
talented. Once after delivering in a lovely way the master's E
minor concerto Filtsch was taken by Chopin to a music store and
presented with the score of Beethoven's "Fidelio." He was much
affected by the talents of this youthful pupil. Lindsay Sloper
and Brinley Richards studied with Chopin. Caroline Hartmann,
Gutmann, Lysberg, Georges Mathias, Mlle. O'Meara, many Polish
ladies of rank, Delphine Potocka among the rest, Madame
Streicher, Carl Mikuli, Madame Rubio, Madame Peruzzi, Thomas
Tellefsen, Casimir Wernik, Gustav Schumann, Werner Steinbrecher,
and many others became excellent pianists. Was the American
pianist, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, ever his pupil? His friends say
so, but Niecks does not mention him. Ernst Pauer questions it. We
know that Gottschalk studied in Paris with Camille Stamaty, and
made his first appearance there in 1847. This was shortly before
Chopin's death when his interest in music had abated greatly. No
doubt Gottschalk played for Chopin for he was the first to
introduce the Pole's music in America.
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