Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 1a No 3 (Saint Georges)
Movements
i Allegro, ii Rondeau: Gracioso
Notes
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) is one of the first composers of African heritage in the European classical tradition. An astonishingly accomplished man, he was music director to Marie Antoinette, an influential composer, an acclaimed violinist, a champion fencer, the first colonel of color in the French army, and an abolitionist activist. The three sonatas of Op. 1a are presumed to be written around 1770 and published without date by LeDuc in 1781.
