Sonata mulattica : a life in five movements and a short play
/ Rita Dove
- NY : Norton , c2009
- 231 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliographical references included.
Covering the eighteenth and nineteenth century, this collection follows the life of violinist, George Bridgewater, son of a white European woman and a black "African prince", who meets Ludgwig van Beethoven and inspires his most famous violin sonata.
English
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Bridgetower, George Augustus Polgreen---Poetry Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) ---Poetry
Racially mixed people---Poetry American poetry---21st century