![]() In 1747, while paying a visit to his uncle Samuel de Bologne, George became involved in a scuffle with a fellow guest. The boy is believed to be Joseph de Bologne Saint-Georges, the famous swordsman and composer. In a statement written around 1782 in connection with a dispute between the parish and the Bologne family over its burial rights in the chapel of the Holy Virgin of the church of St-François in Basse-Terre, the parish priest wrote that Bologne St-Georges had two children, a girl and a boy, “both living in France”. There is, however, one exception to this. George de Bologne Saint-Georges (b.1710) married Elizabeth Françoise Jeanne Mérican on 8 September 1739 and on 21 January 1740, a daughter was born, Elizabeth Bénédictine de Bologne, the only child whose name appears in any of the extant documentation concerning the family. The Bologne family owned thriving sugar and coffee plantations and many of them held senior ranks in the colony’s armed forces. The younger Pierre de Bologne acquired a significant reputation as a poet and was admitted to the Academy of the Inestricati of Bologne in Italy. According to a petition by Pierre de Bologne, George’s elder brother, made in 1769-1770, the family traced its descent from the “noble and ancient house of Bologne, originating in Italy, and from the city of that name”. George was the son of Pierre de Bologne, a wealthy colonist and major in the Lonvilliers regiment in Guadaloupe. Listen to Artaria's founder and chief editor Dr. Allan Badley discussing Bologne de Saint-Georges in this Naxos Podcast Recent research, notably that of Emil Smidak, has established that his father was one George de Bologne Saint-Georges, a former Gentleman of the King’s Bedchamber and an important planter at Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. His origins, in many older published accounts, are incorrect in detail while remaining essentially accurate in substance. In an age when slavery was endemic and slaves regarded as ‘moveable objects’, beasts of burden to be starved, beaten, tortured and killed at will, Saint-Georges, who was mixed-race, was, without doubt, one of its most celebrated men. The combination of artist, athlete and man of action - for he also held military commands during the revolutionary period - is unique in the history of music and the man himself scarcely less extraordinary than the phenomenal range of his talents. Not only was he among the most important musicians in Paris during the pre-revolutionary period but he was also a superb all-round athlete and man of arms.Īmong connoisseurs of the art of fencing, Saint-Georges was considered the finest swordsman in Europe, possessed of extraordinary speed, flexibility and grace, qualities which he also exhibited in abundance as a violinist. View sheet music by Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges 16459 – 16810 – 71076 – 85879 – 108399 - Similarly, many identical songs had different featured artists, each edition has a separate listing, searchers can pull out lists as they wish – For example … see here… 52 – 72890 – 76855 – 76856 - 95993.Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was widely regarded as the most accomplished man of his age. Where this is the case our items are identified and easily found with our stock – See examples…. ![]() Popular songs were often published in different keys with different composers or had a piano solo version. Schirmer, Inc., Breitkopf & Hartel and Augeners, apart from the Opus Numbers, usually have a unique code to identify the particular edition, often with the same title but with different arrangers… 2973 – 108348 – 107822 - 104325 – 102398 – 96270 – 90453 – 25197 ….These codes, together with the name of the arranger are detailed within our listings and can be searched. ![]() Classical music produced by major publishers like G. We will try our best to answer any questions arising from a search.Īll items have been catalogued with great care. ![]() Apart from being a vast resource of mostly rare and unusual music for sale it can be used as a reference archive. Our specialisation is old fashioned printed paper. The stock is all original printed sheet music, we do not entertain PDF’s, CD’s or Photocopies. The contents consist of over 110.000 original items of sheet music, easily found within this website. As most of the stock is over 100 years old The Sheet Music Warehouse is an old fashioned shop but the music is organised and catalogued in a modern way. ![]()
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