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Stop Calling This Composer And Polymath ‘The Black Mozart’

MUSIC Posted: July 23, 2020 11:03 am

His name is Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. “Presumably intended as a compliment, this erasure of Boulogne’s name not only subjugates him to an arbitrary white standard, but also diminishes his truly unique place in Western classical music history.” – The New York Times

MUSIC Published: 07.22.20

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