Before there was Mozart

author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Chronicles the life and musical accomplishments of Joseph Boulogne, an African man and the son of a slave who came to eighteenth-century France to study music, describing the hardships he faced and treatment by his peers, and discussing the realization of his dream to perform in front of the king and queen.
year: 2011
call number/section: 920, 921
subjects: saint-georges, joseph bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799, musicians, france, biography, racially mixed people, nobility, music

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Before there was Mozart
Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Schwartz & Wade Books (2011)
Chronicles the life and musical accomplishments of Joseph Boulogne, an African man and the son of a slave who came to eighteenth-century France to study music, describing the hardships he faced and treatment by his peers, and discussing the realization of his dream to perform in front of the king and queen.
Schools: 3



Before there was Mozart
Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Chronicles the life and musical accomplishments of Joseph Boulogne, an African man and the son of a slave who came to eighteenth-century France to study music, describing the hardships he faced and treatment by his peers, and discussing the realization of his dream to perform in front of the king and queen.
Schools: 4


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