French Revolution: Witnesses (part 3): Black Musical Pioneer Joseph Boulogne

As our discussion of Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution continues, we're looking at the life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Saint-Georges was a mixed-race man born to an enslaved woman and her enslaver in Guadaloupe. Sent to Paris to be educated, his athleticism and musical gifts made him a celebrity.
We're joined today by Professor Julian Ledford, Assistant Professor of French and French Studies at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
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References:
The Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Virtuoso of the Sword and the Bow by Gabriel Banat
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Man of Music and Gentleman-at-Arms: The Life and Times of an Eighteenth-Century Prodigy by Gabriel Banat
Joseph Boulogne, the Chevalier de Saint-George and the Problem With Black Mozart by Julian A. Ledford
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