tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966889652826866644.post7647113129550948097..comments2023-04-06T10:25:08.117-04:00Comments on How to Get Paid In The Music Business: Black Music History - AmericaThe Music Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17988242213179104200noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966889652826866644.post-47687989414578606572007-09-02T12:47:00.000-04:002007-09-02T12:47:00.000-04:00Black Swan Records was indeed an important cultura...Black Swan Records was indeed an important cultural institution which was enriched by the talents of William Grant Still. He is profiled in detail on the William Grant Still page of www.AfriClassical.com The site also devotes a page to the classical music of Duke Ellington, which was never recorded until after his death. Black music ran on two tracks during the centuries of slavery. People of African descent who managed to study music also composed, conducted and performed classical music. The earliest classical music figure of color who is profiled at AfriClassical.com is Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), who was Afro-French and was the son of a slave on a Caribbean plantation. He first won fame as the best fencer in France, then established himself as a virtuoso violinist, fashionable composer who helped develop the string quartet in France, and conductor of the two finest orchestras in Paris. A total of 52 African, African American and Afro-European classical composers and musicians are profiled at the website, which offers a Black History Quiz and over 100 audio samples. When the Black British violinist George Bridgetower premiered the Kreutzer Sonata in Vienna in 1803, he was accompanied on piano by its composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. In fact the work was originally titled the Bridgetower Sonata; a personal disagreement caused Beethoven to change the name to the Kreutzer Sonata. A number of Black musicians have reached the top of the classical music world, making this genre an authentic musical expression of people of African descent. AfriClassical.com has a companion blog, http://africlassical.blogspot.com/William J. Zickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779551426810486040noreply@blogger.com