ONE of the most fascinating figures of the 18th century was the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a composer, violinist, fencing champion and military hero whose fame spanned continents. That he was black, born in 1745 to a white planter and his slave mistress in Guadeloupe, not only shaped his life in France but has fed a growing interest in him today.

Though Saint-Georges’s life reads like a Hollywood screenplay, it was his musical talent that most interested Gabriel Banat, a concert violinist and musicologist whose biography, “The Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Virtuoso of the Sword and the Bow,” was published by Pendragon Press in 2006.

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CUBA will host a Cultural Week for Chevalier de Saint George from October 24th to 29th 2005 in La HAVANE.

July 27th 2004: Thomas Hopkins and Tony Dunoyer Join forces

Street Named After Saint George
In February 2002, the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë renamed a street in the memory of Saint-Georges—Rue Chevalier de Saint George.

Classical Music Composers of African Descent

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