Author:
bebo Shiu
Subject:
Performing Arts
Material Type:
Full Course
Level:
College / Upper Division
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Language:
English

Joseph Bologne - String Quartet No. 2 Score

Joseph Bologne - String Quartet No. 2 Score

Overview

                The String Ensemble set out to find an under represented BIPOC/female composer and work that we could record and revitalize/rearrange. After sifting through project composers and works, we settled on Joseph Bolonge Le Chevalier de St. Georges, a BIPOC and underrepresented composer and his work, String Quartet No. 2, Op. 1. Prior to our project, the work was offered with no overall score and just manuscript individual parts that were somewhat difficult to read. In addition, the string virtuoso composer had some much influence on Mozart, Haydn, and the creation of the classical music genre of the sinfonia concertante. Yet, I had never even heard of his existence or influence which music textbooks do not give Joseph Bologne the proper credit to sinfonia concertante. Therefore, we wanted to bring justice to a neglected composer and work so that others could hear his work and make his work more accessible to perform.

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Joseph Bologne - String Quartet No. 2 Score

          Joseph Bologne was a black composer who was and is still underrepresented. The BSU String Ensemble took his somewhat legible manuscript instrumental parts of his String Quartet No. 2 and have compiled a score. This ensures the preservation of his work is never lost or forgotten. Please attribute our arrangement when in use and this is not permissible to be distrubted or sold for profit.