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Joseph Bologne - The Chevalier De Saint-Georges ‘The Black Mozart’ (1745-1799) Musically Saint-George was considered the “King of Pop” of his age; Militarily he helped prevent what could have been the early collapse of the French Revolution. The vicissitudes of his journey are dramatic: from a young outsider in Paris to the dizzying heights of superstardom in pre-Revolutionary France, to an utterly tragic end. 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 that influenced Mozart; Queen Marie-Antoinette’s music teacher and confidant; a playboy whose inner circle included the author of Valmont; A military hero who championed the French Revolution. That Saint-George was all of these in an age when slavery was endemic and white superiority was dogma, is beyond extraordinary and the height of irony. Known possibly as being the “king of pop for his age”, Charles Pettaway music professor of Lincoln University, sums up Bologne as being ‘perhaps the most unjustly forgotten composer of the classical period. In his day, he was known as much for his symphonies as his swordsmanship, as much for his violin virtuosity as his trendsetting dress, and as much for his equestrian skills as his many romantic dalliances. In fact, only one thing kept him from attaining the uppermost heights of his profession and immediately securing his place in music history—he was,
Quartet No. IV in G major: II. Tempo di minuetto
142Quartet No. VI in G minor: I. (no indication)
63Quartet No. II in B flat major: I. (no indication)
64Quartet No. VI in G minor: II. Allegro
55Quartet No. I in D major: I. (no indication)
56Quartet No. I in D major: II. Aria con variazioni
57Quartet No. III in F minor: II. Vivace
58Quartet No. IV in G major: I. (no indication)
49Quartet No. II in B flat major: II. Andante con variazioni
310Quartet No. III in F minor: I. (no indication)
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