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\nChevalier de Saint-Georges, real name Joseph Boulogne, was a prolific 18th-century French composer once dubbed the ‘Black Mozart’.Born the son of a slave and white plantation owner in 1745, Chevalier was a master fencer, soldier, violin...\nChevalier de Saint-Georges, real name Joseph Boulogne, was a prolific 18th-century French composer once dubbed the ‘Black Mozart’.Born the son of a slave and white plantation owner in 1745, Chevalier was a master fencer, soldier, violin virtuoso, leading conductor, and a composer.As well as writing numerous symphonies, sonatas, concertos, operas and string quartets, he led one of Europe’s great orchestras, Le Concert des Amateurs.He was the first black colonel in the French army and led an all-Black 800 infantrymen and 200 cavalries against France’s enemies.Renowned as the greatest swordsman in Europe. He was once attacked by five anti-abolitionists and Saint-Georges dispatched all five and went on to perform in a salon concert with friends that very night.He reached the height of his fame within Marie Antoinette’s court, where he was one of her music teachers. It is alleged that the Queen enjoyed playing with him publicly, and Boulogne was eventually fired because they got ‘too close’.Born 11 years before Mozart, who, was extremely jealous of him. There’s even a popular theory that Mozart used his jealousy of Boulogne to fuel the creation of the villainous black character Monostatos, who appears in his opera The Magic Flute.Maybe we should be calling Mozart the White Chevalier just sayingUnfortunately, a lot of the Chevalier’s music was lost during the French Revolution, and what survived was quickly forgotten. \n
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\nThe Black History Buff\n\n
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2024
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