The Bridgetower sonata, sonata mulattica, Emmanuel Dongala ; translated from the French by Marjolijn de Jager
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- Europe -- Politics and government -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Europe -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Fiction
- Slavery + History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Violinists -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Musicians, Black -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Europe -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Fiction
- Bridgetower, George Augustus Polgreen -- Fiction
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The Bridgetower sonata, sonata mulattica, Emmanuel Dongala ; translated from the French by Marjolijn de Jager
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eng
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Main title
The Bridgetower sonata
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1237826244
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Emmanuel Dongala ; translated from the French by Marjolijn de Jager
Sub title
sonata mulattica
Summary
In this vividly imagined historical novel, acclaimed Congolese author Emmanuel Dongala has focused his laser-sharp wit on the life and times of George Bridgetower, a young violin prodigy, who, at the age of nine, took the courtly world of 18th century Europe by storm--and surprise, given the youth's unusual origins: for young George was of mixed- race parentage, known in the parlance of the day as a mulatto. Though his father Augustus was from Barbados and dark-skinned while his mother was a German handmaiden in the Viennese court, this young virtuoso, proclaimed as the "Black Mozart" was welcomed into the high society of Tout-Paris on the eve of the French Revolution, and later, after he and his opportunistic father fled to England, became a court favorite of the Prince of Wales where his fame spread widely across Europe where he eventually arrived in Vienna and became close friends with Ludwig Van Beethoven himself. Brimming with lively detail and dialogue and with cameo appearances from historical figures such as Alexandre Dumas, Camille Desmoulins, and Nicolas de Condorcet
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