Sonata Mulattica: A Life in Five Movements and a Short Play

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ISBN-10: 0393338932
ISBN-13: 9780393338935
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 09/27/2010
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.40" W, 0.70" H

Sonata Mulattica: A Life in Five Movements and a Short Play

byRita Dove

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The son of a white woman and an “African Prince,” George Polgreen Bridgetower (1780-1860) travels to Vienna to meet “bad-boy” genius Ludwig van Beethoven. The great composer’s subsequent sonata is originally dedicated to the young mulatto, but George, exuberant with acclaim, offends Beethoven over a woman. From this crucial encounter evolves a grandiose yet melancholy poetic tale. A New Yorker’s A Year’s Reading; Booklist Editors Choice Award.

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A virtuosic treatment of a virtuoso's life . . . stuffed with historical and musical arcana. "
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Details

ISBN-10: 0393338932
ISBN-13: 9780393338935
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 09/27/2010
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.40" W, 0.70" H
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