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Rita Dove

Commonwealth Professor of English, University of Virginia

History’s Crevices: Sonata Mulattica's Forgotten Policy

Thursday
2-5-15
7:00 PM

Public Lecture:
History's Crevices
Storer Auditorium
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Sonata Mulattica, the twelfth collection from the former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize recipient follows the real career of the violin prodigy George Polgreen Bridgetower (1780–1860), a former pupil of Haydn, as well as the purported grandson of an African prince, whose friendship with Beethoven ended in rivalry over a woman.

“A virtuosic treatment of a virtuoso’s life, the poems use all registers—nursery rhymes, diary entries, drama—and are stuffed with historical and musical arcana. Yet the book remains highly accessible, reading much like a historical novel.”  — The New Yorker

Rita Dove, Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia, served as Poet Laureate of the US, Consultant to the Library of Congress, and Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is the recipient of both the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of the Arts.  

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