Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Tag: Ludwig van Beethoven
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George Bridgetower, the original dedicatee of the “Kreutzer” Sonata, was a charismatic prodigy but faded into history.
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Poet’s Muse: A Footnote to Beethoven The New York Times 2009-04-02 Felicia R. Lee Haydn almost certainly encountered him as a child in a Hungarian castle, where the boy’s father was a servant and Haydn was the director of music, and Thomas Jefferson saw him performing in Paris in 1789: a 9-year-old biracial violin prodigy…
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Black Beethoven and the Racial Politics of Music History Transition Issue 112, 2013 pages 117-130 DOI: 10.1353/tra.2013.0056 Nicholas T. Rinehart Harvard University Nicholas T. Rinehart debunks theories of Beethoven’s blackness and calls for a reimagining of the classical canon. The Question Was Beethoven Black? He surely wasn’t, but some insist otherwise. The question is not…
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The 2012 Lorraine W. Frank Lecture & Humanities Awards: Featuring Rita Dove Arizona Humanities Council Tempe Mission Palms 60E. 5th Street Tempe, Arizona 85281 2012-04-12 Free & Open to the Public In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Arizona Humanities Council is proud to present Rita Dove as the keynote speaker for the 2012 Lorraine…
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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.