Title: Sonata Mulattica
First published: 2009
Description: Detailing the volatile relationship between the black violinist George Bridgetower and Beethoven, this is a "masterful collection" (Los Angeles Times).

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 George, exuberant with acclaim, offends Beethoven over a woman. From this crucial encounter evolves a grandiose yet melancholy poetic tale. ([W. W. Norton][1])


  [1]: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=17047
Subjects: Racially mixed people, Poetry, American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
LC classification: PS3554.O884 S66 2009