The life of Joseph Bologne is explored in the new film Chevalier. The French-Caribbean virtuoso violinist and composer, who was considered the most influential Black composer of his time, rose to fame in Paris and was titled the Chevalier de Saint-Georges by Marie Antoinette in the late 1700s. While Bologne published numerous string quartets, sonatas, […]
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