Daily Classical Music Post

  This February, the Daily Classical Music Post celebrates Black composers and musicians whose music has been suppressed and ignored. All of these musicians should be added to the music history and music theory curriculum. https://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/saintgeorges_string_5.mp3 Joseph Bologne (sometimes Boulogne), Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799) was one of the first European musicians with African ancestry. He was born in Guadeloupe. His father, a rich nobleman, took Joseph to Paris and made sure that he was educated and given every opportunity that the family money could provide. He became a champion fencer. He was known as a virtuoso violinist, and when he became the conductor of one of the leading symphony orchestras in Europe, Le Concert des Amateurs, in 1773, audiences from all over Europe flocked to attend his concerts. Bologne’s fame was not restricted to Europe: the U.S. President John Adams called him “the most accomplished man in Europe.” He very po...