LEADER 03446cam 2200433Ia 4500001 ocm42876921 003 OCoLC 005 20141212161124.0 008 991123s1996 sz ah b 000 0beng d 020 3905112078 035 (Sirsi) o42876921 035 (OCoLC)42876921 040 GWY |cGWY |dABC |dOCL |dDAY |dGGN |dCLU |dERE |dUtOrBLW 041 1 eng |hfre 049 EREM 090 ML410.S139 |bS6513 1996 092 780.92 |bSmi, 1996 100 1 Smidak, Emil. |=^A624122 240 10 Joseph Boulogne, nommé Chevalier de Saint-Georges. |lEnglish |=^A624122 245 10 Joseph Boulogne, called Chevalier de Saint-Georges / |cEmil F. Smidak ; translated from the French by John M. Mitchell. 260 Lucerne, Switzerland : |bAvenira Foundation, |c©1996. 300 vii, 303 pages : |billustrations, facsimiles ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 546 Translated from the French. Translation of: Joseph Boulogne, nommé Chevalier de Saint-Georges. 500 This English edition was translated from the original French edition by Dr. John M. Mitchell, Redhill, England. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296). 505 00 |gFirst part: Mother Africa -- |gFrom the first man to the Pharaohs -- |gChristian kingdoms, priest-kings and Islam -- |gThe great centuries -- |gThe turning-point -- |gThe slave trade -- |gIn the Americas: the crucifixion of the black man -- |tThe music of Africa -- |gSecond part: The father -- |gThe colonial scene: the world of the white masters -- |tGeorge de Bologne Saint-George -- |gThird part: |tThe life of the Chevalier de Saint-George -- |gChildhood in the West Indies -- |tA prodigy in Paris: a young Mars -- |gThe musician -- |tRelations with the house of Orleans -- |tWith the Société Olympique: the symphonies of Haydn -- |gThe anglomane Chevalier: journeys across the channel -- |tThe revolution: St-George in the national guard -- |gThe war: |tfoundation of the St-George legion -- |gTo the rescue of the republic -- |tThe terror: St-George persecuted -- |tUnder the sway of the guillotine -- |gSt-George's last campaign: a bureaucratic epic -- |tReturn to the West Indies: Toussaint Louverture -- |gSt-George's death -- |gRepublican calendar -- |gBibliography -- |gCatalogue of compositions -- |gPublications of Avenira foundation. 520 "17, May 1779. Landais gave us an account of St-George at Paris: a mulatto man, son of a former governor of Guadeloupe, by a negro woman. He has a sister married to a former-general. He is the most accomplished man in Europe, in riding, running, shooting, fencing, dancing, music." Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-George is unique in the history of European music, first for his origins and then for the diversity of this talents and the manifold dacets of his achievement. 600 10 Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, |cchevalier de, |d1745-1799. |=^A447161 650 0 Composers |zGuadeloupe |vBiography. |=^A15202 651 0 France |xHistory |yRevolution, 1789-1799. |=^A309901 650 0 Composers, Black. |=^A422337 700 1 Mitchell, J. M. |q(John Matthew), |d1925- |etranslator. |=^A203505 994 X0 |bERE 596 3 998 864557