Dr. Timothy W. Holley on Beethoven's Op. 47: “I avoid referring to it as the 'Kreutzer'”

[George Bridgetower and Raycurt Johnson, Violinist and Baritone]

Dr. Timothy W. Holley of North Carolina Central University writes in response to our Dec. 14 post:

“Washington Musica Viva: Raycurt Johnson & Carl Banner in 'The Bridgetower Sonata' Dec. 22”:

“Bill,

Good morning. I'm interested in communicating with Raycurt Johnson sometime about Beethoven, Bridgetower and Kreutzer and the 'Opus 47'. I avoid referring to it as the 'Kreutzer' after having given a lecture on those three in 2008 for Black History Month here at NCCU. Rita Dove would certainly be interested to know about his performance; her recent volume of poetry 'Sonata Mulattica' focuses on that work and several figures proximate to Beethoven and Bridgetower in 1803.

I wish him the best with this performance!!

TWH"

Raycurt Johnson has a website at http://www.raycurt.com/. His email address is: Raycurt.mc@googlemail.com [George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (1780-1860) is featured at AfriClassical.com on a page researched and written by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma of Lawrence University Conservatory in Appleton, Wisconsin.]

Comment by email:

Thanks for the forward to Raycurt..and the quick edit job!! Tim