George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (11 October 1778 – 29 February 1860) was a British musician, of African descent. He was a virtuoso violinist who lived...
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child prodigy violinist George Polgreen Bridgetower. It was originally published in French under the title La Sonate à Bridgetower by Editions Actes Sud...
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dedicated to the violinist George Bridgetower (1778–1860) as "Sonata mulattica composta per il mulatto Brischdauer [Bridgetower], gran pazzo e compositore...
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was 1996's short film A Mulatto Song, which focused on the life of George Bridgetower, a virtuoso violinist from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth...
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about 19th-century violin virtuoso George Bridgetower; Tinsley is mentioned in the first poem in the book, "The Bridgetower". He composed and performed a musical...
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Sweden and Norway). Beethoven originally dedicated the sonata to George Bridgetower, the violinist at its first performance, but after a quarrel he revised...
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Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (b. 1789) February 29 – George Bridgetower, Afro-Polish violinist (b. 1778) March 6 – Justus Johann Friedrich...
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poet laureate Rita Dove, published in 2009, about the life of George Bridgetower. Bridgetower was a biracial (Afro-Caribbean, Polish, German) musician who...
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Antonio Emidy, perhaps the first black English composer (1775–1835) George Bridgetower, virtuoso violinist (1778–1860) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, black English...
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Nigel Benn Patrick Berry Oswald Boateng Paul Boateng Nana Bonsu George Bridgetower Yvonne Brewster Errol Brown Elizabeth Barrett Browning Frank Bruno...
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Music Seminar Black Music Awards (BMA) John Blanke Ignatius Sancho George Bridgetower Joseph Emidy Fisk Jubilee Singers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Southern...
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John William Boone, US (1864–1927) Anthony Braxton, US (born 1945) George Bridgetower, Poland (1779–1860), violinist and composer Courtney Bryan, US (born...
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Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840) 1778 – George Bridgetower, British musician and composer (d. 1860) 1782 – Steen Steensen Blicher...
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(c. 1832/1833 – 1893), grand dame John Braham (1774–1856), singer George Bridgetower (1782–1860), West Indian-Polish violin virtuoso and friend of Beethoven...
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Wheatley. Other famous black figures of the day include the violinist George Bridgetower, the fencing master Julius Soubise, and the aristocrats Dido Belle...
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back to the 18th century, encompassing concert performers such as George Bridgetower and street musicians the likes of Billy Waters. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor...
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violinist George Bridgetower, who studied music at Trinity Hall and graduated a Bachelor of Music in June 1811. A composition by Bridgetower was played...
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(1787–1849) Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856) Alexandre Boucher (1770–1861) George Bridgetower (1778–1860) Adolph Brodsky (1851–1929) Ole Bull (1810–1880) Kate Chaplin...
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Nicola Porpora. Marianna Auenbrugger Ludwig van Beethoven [pupils] George Bridgetower Thomas Haigh Peter Hänsel Michael Haydn [pupils] Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz...
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the Belarusian involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. George Bridgetower (1778–1860), Polish/English violinist of African descent, famous for...
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whether in Bath or elsewhere. — Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers George Bridgetower, an Afro-Polish-born virtuoso violinist, made his debut at the Assembly...
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opera Bridgetower – A Fable of 1807 (2007), by Julian Joseph with libretto by Mike Phillips, about the 18th-century black violinist George Bridgetower. In...
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Erich H. (1935). The Letters and Writings of George Frideric Handel. Ayer Co Pub. ISBN 978-0836952865. "George Frederic Handel". Westminster Abbey. Archived...
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(1766–1846), composer and conductor Friedrich Bridgetower (1782-1813), composer, cellist, brother of George Bridgetower Ferdinand von Rosenzweig (1812–1892),...
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musicians active in London at this time, such as Johann Christian Bach, George Bridgetower, Muzio Clementi, Joseph Haydn and Johann Peter Salomon, and were used...
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about George Bridgetower, a black musician and friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. The film, also entitled 'Sonata Mulattica,' will detail Bridgetower's life...
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Cornwall portal Ignatius Sancho a black English composer (1729 - 1780) George Bridgetower (1778 - 1860) a black Polish born composer who died in London in 1860...
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December 2023. Al-Hassan, Aliya. "Ricardo P Lloyd to Portray George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower at National Maritime Museum". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved...
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century, including Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges; Ignatius Sancho; and George Bridgetower. She has also presented an episode of the Sky Arts...
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and singer Maria Theresia von Paradis in 1785, and the violinist George Bridgetower in 1790. William Thomas Parke wrote that in 1788 the Professional...
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