Sonata Mulattica by Rita Dove -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Contents Preface Prologues

The Bridgetower Prologue of the Rambling Sort

I: The Prodigy

(Re)Naissance Capriccio Friedrich Augustus Bridgetower Discovers the Purposes of Fatherhood Lines Whispered to a Pillow Recollection, Preempted Paris, Panting What Doesn’t Happen Windsor Mrs. Papendiek’s Diary (1) The Marine Pavilion, Brighthelmston The Wardrobe Lesson Mrs. Papendiek’s Diary (2) The Seaside Concerts Disappearance

II: Bread & Butter, Turbans & Chinoiserie

Hear Ye! The Lesson: Adagio Black Pearl Ode to the Moon Janissary Rap Concert at Hanover Square Pulling the Organ Stops Black Billy Waters, at His Pitch Haydn, Overheard Mrs. Papendiek’s Diary (3) The Dressing The African Prince Sings Songs of Love Abandoned, Again Mrs. Papendiek’s Diary (4) The Transaction The Undressing Ode on a Negress Head Clock, with Eight Tunes Intermezzo Tafelmusik (1) Brothers in Spring The Salomon Concerts Haydn Leaves London Seduction Against Exterior Pilaster, Waning Gibbous Pretty Boy New Century Aubade

III: Sturm und Drang

The Petition To the Continent Old World Lullaby Floating Requiem Ach, Wien Ludwig van Beethoven’s Return to Vienna First Contact Vienna Spring Polgreen, Sight-Reading Beethoven Summons His Copyist Augarten, 7 AM The Performer

Volkstheater: A Short Play for the Common Man Georgie Porgie, or A Moor in Vienna IV: “All is Ashes”

Tail Tucked Rain Esterháza, Prodigal Home Again Eroica Tafelmusik (2) The Countess Shares Confidences over Karneval Chocolate Andante con Variazioni Haydn Serenades the Napoleonic Honor Guard The Regency Fete Cambridge, Great St. Mary’s Church Panopticon The Last Frost Fair

V: Nomadia

Half-Life Life in London, Now Playing at the Adelphi Moor with Emeralds Vanities Haydn’s Head Birthday Stroll on the Pall Mall Staffordshire Figurine, 1825 Nomadia Self-Eulogy #8 Victory Cottages, Peckham, 1860 The Witness

Epilogues

The Queen’s Wardrobe Keeper All That Jazz The Composer’s Coda Haydn’s Skull The Name Game Instrumental The End, with MapQuest

Notes A Chronology Acknowledgments Biographical Note Also by Rita Dove Copyright