Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Born: 25th December 1745, Baillif, Guadeloupe
Died: 10th June 1799, Paris, France
Nationality: French
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a French classical composer, virtuoso violinist, a conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris, and a renowned champion fencer. Born in the then French colony of Guadeloupe, he was the son of Georges de Bologne Saint-Georges, a wealthy married planter, and Anne, dite (called) Nanon, his wife's African slave.
When he was young, his father took him to France, where he was educated. During the French Revolution, the younger Saint-Georges served as a colonel of the Légion St.-Georges, the first all-black regiment in Europe, fighting on the side of the Republic. Today the Chevalier de Saint-Georges is best remembered as the first known classical composer of African ancestry. He composed numerous string quartets and other instrumental pieces, as well as operas.
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- Concerto for violin (1)
- Enfin une foule importune… Amour deviant moi propice (from L'amant anonyme) (1)
- L'amant anonyme (2)
- L'amant anonyme: Ouverture (1)
- Quartetto concertans No. 1 in B flat major (1)
- Quartetto concertans No. 2 in G minor (1)
- Quartetto concertans No. 3 in C major (1)
- Quartetto concertans No. 4 in F major (1)
- Quartetto concertans No. 5 in G major (1)
- Quartetto concertans No. 6 in B flat major (1)
- Scena from Ernestine (2)
- Son amour, sa constance extreme (from L’Amant Anonyme) (1)
- Sonata for harp and ute (1)
- String Quartet Op. 1 No. 1 (1)
- Symphonie concertante for 2 Violins in G major, Op. 1 No. 3 (G024) (2)
- Symphonies Concertante, Op. 9 No. 1 (1)
- Symphonies Concertante, Op. 9 No. 2 (1)
- Symphony Concertante, Op. 10, No. 1 (1)
- Symphony Concertante, Op. 10, No. 2 (1)
- Symphony in G Major, Op. 11 No. 1 (4)
- Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2 (6)
- Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 7 No. 1 (2)
- Violin Concerto in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 2 (1)
- Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 5, No. 1 (4)
- Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 2 No. 2 (1)
- Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 4 (G029) (1)
- Violin Concerto in D, Op. 3 No. 1, AE353 (2)
- Violin Concerto in D, Post No. 2, AE355 (2)
- Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 2 No. 1 (2)
- Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8 (3)
- Violin Concerto No. 10 in G, AE411 (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in B flat major (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 3 in G minor (1)
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