tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2377691151092800148..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-GeorgesBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-1571472933563266362018-03-16T12:29:44.541-05:002018-03-16T12:29:44.541-05:00Yes, a really extraordinary person! I confess that...Yes, a really extraordinary person! I confess that I did rather browse past the more hagiographical bits in the article. I have always avoided the kind of shallow promotion implied by phrases like "le Mozart noir" --except in jest, of course.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-13417840802311398432018-03-15T16:32:10.516-05:002018-03-15T16:32:10.516-05:00Never having heard of him, thanks for writing this...Never having heard of him, thanks for writing this. Listened to his sonatas nos 1, 2, and 3 for harpsichord and violin-- pleasant, gracious, charming, attention-keeping. He must have been an extraordinary fellow to have lived through all of the vicissitudes that befell him-- the Wikipedia article veers toward the hagiographical in places, doesn't it, though. Just a couple of minutes of the overture to <i>L'amant anonyme</i> failed to impress me sufficiently enough to warrant my continuing to violate the Lenten 'no opera' resolution-- but there isn't any of his operatic vocal work (only overtures and ballets) at Spotify, anyway. <br /><br />I broke down and listened a bit of an aria from <i>Ernestine</i> on YouTube; eh. Maybe after Easter. (Judging from comments over there, you were prudent not to write, 'le Mozart noir'....)Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.com