Sonata Mulattica: A Life in Five Movements and a Short Play

by Rita Dove

Book Overview

The son of a white woman and an "African Prince," George Polgreen Bridgetower (1780-1860) travels to Vienna to meet "bad-boy" genius Ludwig van Beethoven. The great composer's subsequent sonata is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393070085
• ISBN13: 9780393070088
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"