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Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier of Saint-Georges (with Julian Ledford)

Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier of Saint-Georges (with Julian Ledford)

Update: 2024-10-09
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As our discussion of Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution continues, we're looking at the life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Saint-Georges was a mixed-race man born to an enslaved woman and her enslaver in Guadaloupe. Sent to Paris to be educated, his athleticism and musical gifts made him a celebrity.

We're joined today by Professor Julian Ledford, Assistant Professor of French and French Studies at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

References:

The Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Virtuoso of the Sword and the Bow by Gabriel Banat

Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Man of Music and Gentleman-at-Arms: The Life and Times of an Eighteenth-Century Prodigy by Gabriel Banat

Joseph Boulogne, the Chevalier de Saint-George and the Problem With Black Mozart by Julian A. Ledford

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Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier of Saint-Georges (with Julian Ledford)

Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier of Saint-Georges (with Julian Ledford)

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