Sonata Mulattica by Rita Dove

Sonata Mulattica

Rita Dove

240 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical music poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
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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 Geo...

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