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Title: Sonata Mulattica: A Life in Five Movements and a Short Play
Author: Rita Dove
ISBN: 9780393070088
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher : 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.
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