Classical Music

Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
(December 25, 1745 – June 10, 1799)

[author Eugène de Beaumont Public Domain
via Wikipedia Commons]

 
– – – Websites – – –

Alain Guédé. Monsieur De Saint-George: Virtuoso, Swordsman, Revolutionary, A Legendary Life Rediscovered. (New York: Picador, 2003). 

Banat, Gabriel. 2006. The Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Virtuoso of the Sword and the Bow. Hillsdale, N.Y.: Pendragon Press.

Hugh Brewster, and Eric Velasquez. The Other Mozart: The Life Of The Famous Chevalier De Saint-George. (New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007). 

James Williford, “Black Mozart,” Humanities, May/June 2010, Vol. 31, No.3.

Jessica Duchen, “Chevalier de Saint-Georges: The man who got under Mozart’s skin,” Independent, February 07, 2016.

“Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) Afro-French Composer, Violinist & Conductor France’s Best Fencer & Colonel of Black Legion,” AfriClassical.com

Zick, W. “Joseph de Bolonge/Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799),” Blackpast.org.

Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Wikipedia

– – – Videos – – –

Joseph Boulogne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges – L’amant anonyme (1780) – Ballet no 1 – [Min: 2:13]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJIAF1oHDts

Forgotten composers ~ Joseph Boulogne ~ Violin Concerto No. 11 in G major (1777) ~ ii. Largo – [Min: 6:08]

Chevalier de Saint-George, Rondeau, Violin Concerto Op. 8, Plusieurs – [Min: 8:38]

 

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