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Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st ed., Available .
Book, 2009
Current format, Book, 2009, 1st ed., Available . Offered in 0 more formats
In a book-length lyric narrative inspired by history and imagination, a much-celebrated poet re-creates the life of a nineteenth-century virtuoso violinist.
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.
from Vienna Spring
though dipped in ink, this Jacob has grappled the shining messenger for a glimpse of heaven and won the battle: entirely master of his instrument, he climbs the strings agile as the monkeys from his father's land. Ah, Immortality has a new-wrought human face . . .
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