Louis Ferdinand Gottschalk (7 October 1864 – 15 July 1934) was an American composer who was associated with L. Frank Baum in several capacities. Gottschalk, born in St. Louis, was the son of a Missouri governor (another Louis Gottschalk), and great-nephew of the better-known composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. L. F. Gottschalk's first musical milestone was conducting the American premiere of Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow. * The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) * The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) * The Last Egyptian (1914) * His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1915).