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French painter and musician (1747-1828)
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ClassicalWCRB.org: The Most Interesting Man in the World [Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)]
"Fencing Match between St. Georges and 'La chevaliere D'Eon' on April 9, 1787" by Alexandre-Auguste Robineau public domain By Tyler Alderson May 6, 2020 Has Tom Brady written a symphony? Did Michael Jordan fight in a revolution? For Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, being a great athlete, composer, and warrior was just the tip of the iceberg. If Dos Equis had to pick a real-life mascot for their “Most Interesting Man in the World” ads, there would be only one worthy choice, in my opinion: Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. We know him best as a composer who wrote music like this, the overture to his opera The Anonymous Lover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=W0_uf1RZYpw&feature=emb_logo In 18th-century France, though, he was Tom Brady, Andris Nelsons, Muhammad Ali, and General Patton all rolled into one. From being the […]
2019-03-18 00:11:00
WBUR.org: Le Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Fencer, Composer, Revolutionary
Fencing match between St.-Georges and cross-dressing French diplomat and spy La Chevalière d'Éon on April 9, 1787, by Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau. (Public Domain) WBUR March 15, 2019 By Gary Waleik Joseph Bologne was born in 1745 in the French West Indies on a plantation on the island of Guadeloupe. "Black slaves in Saint-Domingue in Haiti and, presumably, also in Guadeloupe were forced to wear masks when they were picking sugar cane in the fields," journalist Andrea Valentino says. "Because if they didn’t wear the masks, they were so hungry that they would try and eat the sugar cane. I mean, it was just unbelievable." That might have been Joseph’s lot. But thanks in part to his mastery of a sport, it wasn’t. Life Under The 'Code Noir' "His father was a rich plantation owner, and […]
2016-12-01 02:50:00
[…] composer and is centered on the opposition of Rivière, a man dedicated to his ideal of imposing nocturnal postal flights at a time when the post was essential in communications, and Madame Fabien, whose love for her husband pilot is paramount. The pilot Pellerin comes from the Andes and tells of a great storm; Robineau, in charge of operations, is scolded by Rivière: no sentiments can be on the way of their task; and the Wireless operator tells us the messages, including the final anguished minutes of Fabien, who perishes when his plane is thrown by a cyclone into the Atlantic. And the choir reacts emotionally to events whilst Rivière remains adamant. […]
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