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Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Sign in to saveAlso known as Joseph Bologne de Saint Georges, Saint-Georges (Joseph Bologne de), Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier De Saint-Georges
French virtuoso violinist, composer, conductor, and fencing master
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Six String Quartets
- Masters of the Violin
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Joseph de Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) was the son of a slave woman of African descent and a French nobleman who owned the plantation on which she lived. Saint-Georges was first a fencing champion, then a classical violinist, composer and conductor. He was a pioneer in the string quartet and symphony concertante forms in France. As conductor of the best orchestras in Paris, Saint-Georges commissioned Haydn's Paris Symphonies and conducted their debut performances in 1787. <
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- violinist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- Field of work
- conducting
- Movement
- Freemasonry
- Instrument
- violin
- Sport
- fencing
- Conflict
- French Revolution
- Military branch
- Army of the North
- Image
- Young Saint-Georges in 1768.jpg
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- external data available at URL
- imslp.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Joseph_Bologne_Saint-Georges
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Joseph Boulogne de Saint-George
- date of birth
- 1745-12-25
- date of death
- 1799-06-10
- Commons gallery
- Joseph Bologne de Saint-George
- name in native language
- Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges
- writing language
- French
- start of work period
- 1770-00-00
- place of detention
- Hondainville
- nickname
- Saint-George
- cause of death
- gangrene
- Commons Creator page
- Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Chevalier de Saint-Georges, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana