Smidak, Emil F.

Joseph Boulogne called Chevalier de Saint-Georges / Emil F. Smidak - vii, 303 p. : il. + facsimil ; 25 cm.

Mother Africa -- From the first man to the pharaohs -- Christian kingdoms, priest-kings and Islam -- The great centuries -- The turning-point -- The slave trade -- In the Americas - the crucufixion of the black man The music of Africa -- The father -- The colonial scene - The World of The white masters -- George de Bologne Saint-George -- The life of the Chevalier de Saint-George -- The years 1748-1789 -- Childhood in the West Indies -- A prodigy in Paris - a young Mars -- The musicam -- Relations with the House of Orelans -- With the Société Olympique - the symphonies of Hayden -- The Anglomane Chevalier - yourneys across the channel -- The years 1789-1799 -- The Revolution - St. George in the National Guard -- The war - foundation of the St. George Legion -- To the rescue of the Republic -- The terror - Saint-George persecuted -- Under the sway of the guillotine -- St-George´s last campaing - a bureaucratic epic -- Return to the West Indies - Toussaint Louverture -- St-George´s death --

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Francia--historia--revolucion, 1789--1799
Compositores--francia--siglo xviii
Sant george, jose boulogne, chevalier de, 1739-1799

780.92 / S639j

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