Sonata Mulattica
A Life in Five Movements and a Short Play
By Rita Dove
(W. W. Norton & Company, Hardcover, 9780393070088, 231pp.)
Publication Date: April 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: American - African American
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Description
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.
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