Sonata Mulattica
- Authors
- Dove, Rita
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton Company
- Tags
- poetry , music , history
- ISBN
- 9780393249354
- Date
- 2009-04-06T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.67 MB
- Lang
- en
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. A New Yorker's A Year's Reading; Booklist Editors Choice Award.