| LC control no. | n 79113767 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML410.S148 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799 |
| Variant(s) | Bologne, Joseph, chevalier de Saint-Georges, 1745-1799 Boulogne, Joseph, chevalier de Saint-Georges, 1745-1799 Chevalier de Saint-George, 1745-1799 De Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier, 1745-1799 Saint-George, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799 Saint-George, Joseph Bologne de, 1745-1799 Saint-Georges, chevalier de, 1745-1799 |
| Associated country | Guadeloupe |
| Associated place | France |
| Birth date | 1745-11-25 |
| Death date | 1799-06-10 |
| Place of birth | Guadeloupe |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Music Armed Forces |
| Profession or occupation | Armed Forces--Officers Fencers Violinists Composers, Black |
| Found in | Violin concertos and Two simphonies concertantes, 1981: t.p. (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) Encyclopédie de la musique (Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne (chevalier) de; b. ca. 1739; d. 6/10/1799) Le fleuret et l'archet, 2001: t.p. (le chevalier de Saint-George, 1739?-1799) p. 5 (Joseph Bologne de Saint-George) Grove Music Online, Oct. 18, 2004 (Saint-Georges (Saint-George), Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de; b. Dec. 25, 1745, Baillif, Guadeloupe; d. June 9, 1799, Paris) MGG, 2. Aufl. (Saint-Georges (Saint-George), Joseph Bologne (Boulogne), Chevalier de; b. Baillif, Guadeloupe, Dec. 25, 1745; d. Paris, June 10, 1799; date and place of birth established by recent research) Wikipedia, March 2, 2015 (Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (also Saint-George) (Dec. 25, 1745, Baillif, Guadeloupe - June 10, 1799, Paris, France) was a champion fencer, virtuoso violinist, composer and conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris; b. in Guadeloupe, he was the son of George Bologne de Saint-Georges, a wealthy planter, and Nanon, his African slave; during the French Revolution, Saint-Georges was colonel of the "Légion St.-Georges," the first all-black regiment in Europe, fighting on the side of the Republic; renowned fencer; he is best remembered as the first classical composer of African ancestry) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges> |
| Associated language | fre |
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