Dove, Rita

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

811.54 DOV