Brooklyn cemetery commissions new sculpture to honor New Orleans composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk

From The Times-Picayune

by Chris Waddington
One of New Orleans' greatest musicians got a boost in New York this month, but he couldn't join in the celebratory announcement. That's because Louis Moreau Gottschalk was laid to rest in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery in 1869.

On July 6, the historic cemetery announced another step in its $200,000 campaign to restore the marble Angel of Music marker atop the world-touring pianist and composer's gravesite, which disappeared under hazy circumstances a half-century ago.

Green-Wood has selected four sculptors to submit models of their designs: Myra C. Weisgold of University Park, Fla.; Kirsten Kokkin of Loveland, Colo.; Tuck Langland of Granger, Ind.; and the team of Jill Burkee and Giancarlo Biagi of New York City.

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