[Joseph
de Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)]
Article
on Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges links to Biography and Music Sample
at AfriClassical.com:
Sunday,
January 8th at 7:00 – 10: 00 pm
BloomBars & The
National Symphony Orchestra Present “NSO Meets Hip Hop & Soul”
An artist exchange between the National Symphony Orchestra,
Asheru and Tamika “Love” Jones – Celebrating the music of
Chevalier
de Saint-Georges,
“The Black Mozart”
We’re hosting an
exciting artistic exchange with NSO musicians Alexandra Osborne and
Joel Fuller, violins; Mahoko Eguchi, viola; Rachel Young, cello, and
Peabody Award-winning Hip Hop artist Asheru and rising vocalist
Tamika “Love” Jones. The collaboration will celebrate the music
of Afro-French composer and violin virtuoso Chevalier de
Saint-Georges, also referred to as “The Black Mozart.” Youth
from the Columbia Heights non-profit Hands on the Future
will produce a short video about the collaboration with
behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.
From Un
contemporain atypique de Mozart (An Atypical Contemporary of Mozart):
Le Chevalier de Saint-George by
Prof. Michelle Garnier-Panafieu:
Joseph de Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-George, was one of the most remarkable figures of the 18th century. Incredibly, this son of a slave rose to the top of French society through his mastery of fencing and his genius for classical music. Musically, Saint-George may very well have been the “King of Pop” of his age; militarily he helped prevent what could have been the early collapse of the French Revolution. In his lifetime, Saint-George was an elite musketeer of the King’s Horse Guard; a master-swordsman and Europe’s fencing champion; a composer, violin impresario, and opera director who influenced Mozart; a playboy; and a military hero – ironically all in an age when slavery was endemic and white superiority was dogma.
Read de Bologne's full story here, it's captivating!
Sample his music!
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