| Uniform title | Joseph Boulogne, nommé Chevalier de Saint-Georges. English |
| Contents |
First part: Mother Africa -- From the first man to the Pharaohs -- Christian kingdoms, priest-kings and Islam -- The great centuries -- The turning-point -- The slave trade -- In the Americas: the crucifixion of the black man -- The music of Africa -- Second part: The father -- The colonial scene: the world of the white masters -- George de Bologne Saint-George -- Third part: The life of the Chevalier de Saint-George -- Childhood in the West Indies -- A prodigy in Paris: a young Mars -- The musician -- Relations with the house of Orleans -- With the Société Olympique: the symphonies of Haydn -- The anglomane Chevalier: journeys across the channel -- The revolution: St-George in the national guard -- The war: foundation of the St-George legion -- To the rescue of the republic -- The terror: St-George persecuted -- Under the sway of the guillotine -- St-George's last campaign: a bureaucratic epic -- Return to the West Indies: Toussaint Louverture -- St-George's death -- Republican calendar -- Bibliography -- Catalogue of compositions -- Publications of Avenira foundation. |
| Abstract |
"17, May 1779. Landais gave us an account of St-George at Paris: a mulatto man, son of a former governor of Guadeloupe, by a negro woman. He has a sister married to a former-general. He is the most accomplished man in Europe, in riding, running, shooting, fencing, dancing, music." Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-George is unique in the history of European music, first for his origins and then for the diversity of this talents and the manifold dacets of his achievement. |
| General note | This English edition was translated from the original French edition by Dr. John M. Mitchell, Redhill, England. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296). |
| Language | Translated from the French. Translation of: Joseph Boulogne, nommé Chevalier de Saint-Georges. |
| ISBN | 3905112078 |
