Sonata Mulattica

In this lyric narrative inspired by history, a former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner imaginatively re-creates the life of a nineteenth-century virtuoso violinist. The son of a white woman and an 'African Prince' travels to Vienna to meet Beethoven. The composer's subsequent sonata is ded [...]
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In this lyric narrative inspired by history, a former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner imaginatively re-creates the life of a nineteenth-century virtuoso violinist. The son of a white woman and an 'African Prince' travels to Vienna to meet Beethoven. The composer's subsequent sonata is dedicated to him but he, exuberant with acclaim, offends Beethoven. From "Vienna Spring" - though dipped in ink, this Jacob has grappled with shining messenger for a glimpse of heaven and won the battle: Entirely master of his instrument, he climbs the strings agile as the monkeys from his father's land. Ah, Immortality has a new-wrought, human face...