Joseph Boulogne, called Chevalier de Saint-Georges /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smidak, Emil
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
French
Publicado: Lucerne, Switzerland : Avenira Foundation, c1996.
Materias:
Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne, > chevalier de, > d. 1799.
Compositores > Francia > Biografías.
Francia > Historia > Revolución, 1789-1799.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • First part : Mother Africa
  • From the first man to the Pharaohs
  • Christian kingdoms, priest-kings and Islam
  • The great centuries
  • The turning-point
  • The slave trade
  • In the Americas : the crucifixion of the black man
  • The music of Africa
  • Second part : The father
  • The colonial scene : the world of the white masters
  • George de Bologne Saint-George
  • Third part : The life of the Chevalier de Saint-George
  • Childhood in the West Indies
  • A prodigy in Paris : a young Mars
  • The musician
  • Relations with the house of Orleans
  • With the Société Olympique : the symphonies of Haydn
  • The anglomane Chevalier : journeys across the channel
  • The revolution : St-George in the national guard
  • The war : foundation of the St-George legion
  • To the rescue of the republic
  • The terror : St-George persecuted
  • Under the sway of the guillotine
  • St-George's last campaign : a bureaucratic epic
  • Return to the West Indies : Toussaint Louverture
  • St-George's death
  • Republican calendar
  • Bibliography
  • Catalogue of compositions
  • Publications of Avenira foundation.

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