Rita Dove: [T]he Kreutzer being paired with a composition dedicated to the violinist who served as Beethoven's original inspiration...is a lovely constellation

George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower

A detailed historical essay on the George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower page at AfriClassical.com was authored by our late principal advisor, Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com

Sonata Mulattica: A Life in Five Movements and a Short Play
Poems by Rita Dove
W. W. Norton & Co.

New York & London
(2009)

On Thursday, November 5, 2015 AfriClassical posted: 

San Jose Mercury News: Wednesday's Program Featured Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Sonata...And Vijay Iver's "Bridgetower Fantasy," [For George Bridgetower]

Professor Rita Dove, author of Sonata Mulattica, and Former Poet Laureate of the United States and Consultant to the Library of Congress, writes:

Dear Bill Zick, Thank you so much for sharing this link. (And thank you also for supporting "Sonata Mulattica" over the past six years!) I remain deeply interested in George Bridgetower, so the news of the Kreutzer being paired with a composition dedicated to the violinist who served as Beethoven's original inspiration for his sonata is a lovely constellation indeed.  

For your information, here's a link to the Bridgetower film project that is currently in the works: http://sparkmedia.org/projects/sonata-mulattica/

With all good wishes,

Rita Dove

Rita Dove
Commonwealth Professor of English
University of Virginia
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rfd4b/

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Immediately upon reading this blog, John Malveaux invited Rita Dove to recite/read or speak during the 150th anniversary 13th amendment to US Constitution Abolition of Slavery CONCERT November 21, 2015 DAR Constitution Hall, Washington DC.  Thanks  John Malveaux  www.musicuntold,com