
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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The Legend of the Chevalier De Saint George
In 1788, we get another big name from history coming in in terms of musical history. Think 90s nostalgic movies about dogs. It's Beethoven. And when he leaves London, he writes a two-act comedy, The Girl Boy. This is very important because this is about the kind of work that he's done that has been forgotten. So he was writing a comedy about transgender person, and that should be looted somewhere and remembered forever. Joseph interacted by meeting them through two characters, George Bridge Tower, a mixed race violinist, and Franz Klemund. He heard his music through these two people. Again, it's another interesting story of another black musician,. Another
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