He was Mozart’s teacher. To call him “the black Mozart” is insulting. He was supremely successful as a musician in his own lifetime. Since he precedes Mozart, it is more befitting to call Mozart, “The White Chevalier.”
I agree it is insulting and it's great to see more people referring Bologne by his name and title. However, Bologne was not Mozart's teacher. I am not the creator of this production and have decided to respect the title given by the creators.
@@West-Telecom His dad was a European land owner who because of his European background was in a position to associate himself with the aristocracy of France. The father was not born with a title. It was given to him when he returned to France with his family, including St George’s mother who was his Senegalese mistress. He gave his son as many opportunities as possible to excel and be educated amongst the very best. If his son’s color wasn’t at play, St George would have been noted in history as one of the extraordinary conductors in French circles at that time. When his father died, the monies (Trusts) allocated to him were confiscated and transferred to Elizabeth, his sister who carried her mother’s name (Elizabeth). Color coding was still prominently observed at that time in France although slavery had been abolished.
‘Happens to Be Black” is not a happening. Please excuse my pun. He was born to a Senegalese mother and her European (French) Plantation owner in Guadalupe. Slavery in the colonies had not yet been abolished.
No, He was not royalty, He was a Good Subject and Good Servant. Able to meet the royalty, standing in front of them, not sitting, according to the protocole. Same for Mozart, twicely did chevalier, and academicien.
@@West-TelecomOnly partially true. His dad gained a particle and was made an aristocrat during Joseph's childhood so he gained that pedigree thanks to his dad (even though it was all informal since as an illigitimate son and due to the Code Noir he could never inherit his father's title for real) BUT he was a self-made knight ("chevallier") due to his talent and graduating from the Royal Academy in 1761. His dad (appart from loving him and paying to see him succeed in becoming a gentleman by sending him to study under de la Boëssière) did not directly contribute to him becoming a knight and was not a knight himself.
THE HISTORICAL BACK GROUND ON THIS AMAZING MAN IS ASTONISHING ESPECIALLY DURING THIS ERA WITH HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE BEST FENCER MARKS MAN HORSE BACK RIDER AND LADIES MAN. HE WAS ALSO MOZART TRACHER THIS HELPS SHOWING THE WORLD A GREAT DEAL OF HISTORY HAS BEEN EXPOSED WHICH WAS HIDDEN THIS WOULD BE A OSCAR NOMINATED MOVIE DONE RIGHT WITH PROPER RESEARCH.
Oh am just amazed and thrilled! I love classical music and I was looking for African input in this music. In my search I stumbled over the Joseph Bologne - Saint George! Thanks so much. I am enjoying this. May many enjoy this beautiful history!
@@anastasiacrohn - Slaves were brought to Guadeloupe starting in 1640. By 1804, 84% of the population was African. Also, his mother was a slave. THIS is where the African component comes in musically. I'm soo glad I teach my kids to READ and we travel. So, they already know all this information.
@@42Laj I was talking about African input into the music. As in, which rhythms, accords, claves etc in classical music are African. The word input was used. Secondly, Bologne was from Guadeloupe. He was of African descent but he was not African. Bill Clinton is American. Yes, of European descent but he is American. Please do not confuse ethnicity with descent and do not negate nationality nor cultural identity.
@GN28 I do not need google, but thanks for suggesting. I know people of Guadeloupe are of African descent. Bob Marley is partly of African descent. He is Jamaican and from Jamaica. His music is Jamaican. The fact that he is of African descent doesn't mean reggae has African input. It doesn't.
Thank you for this. I enjoyed this. I was curious and couldn’t stop the video, I was so in awe of this talented Black Composer. I’m glad I watched. The speaker in this was also interesting.
You're welcome! I agree, Mr. Pettaway is a wonderful presenter. Thank you for watching. There's plenty of Bologne's music on my channel if you enjoyed the excerpts played during the presentation.
I really believe in that piece, and probably many others, that Joseph Saint George and Mozart probably collaborated, or were playing together as musicians, and as musicians do they may take for one another, some would call it stealing, but musicians don't see it that way, call it stealing but if you know musicians, they oftentimes play together and, share music and songs and notes, and it's just like a jam session, it's just playing music because most of the greats, most of the greats, no it's a gift from God, and they're just basking in the sunlight of the gift that there have been given and they are developing it to the fullest, and so they collaborate and you take this and I take that, it's just another day in the middle of the enormous unmeasurable orchestration. Thank you again, Professor Pettaway, no one has ever learned so much, in such a short period of time. Write to Elder Jimmy Biggs
Thank you for this inspiring, comprehensive, and totally engaging presentation. I appreciate your talent, diligence, and commitment to disseminating this information.
Yesterday I saw the movie Chevalier, and was very impressed with the story of the man and his music. I have also been viewing the many videos now showing on Utube. Good to see he's finally getting well-deserved recognition.
Wow. Really!? This presentation is excellent. I love his enthusiasm and the musical excerpts throughout. After all this time, this presentation remains one of the best there is on Bologne. I don't know if he has seen this, but I hope he doesn't mind that I've shared it on my channel. I hope he's doing well.
@@TheJosephBologne He is doing well and still teaching !! He’s teaching at The first HBCU, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania! He is very happy that this is being shared because this is important information !
Love this - glad it’s a video for all to see, because no one believed me when I proclaimed that Mozart was a. Black Man. Our contributions to the world are so rich.
@@patriciamartin6756 He never was Amadeus’s teacher idiot. How he can be teacher Amadeus gave his first conser for royality in his six. Even at that times Mozart was more popular than Saint George.
Love your storytelling of this amazingly gifted man … I have a watercolor painting by St.- Georges dated 1794 …surely it was a talent not known by the world .
From what I was read about this man Mozart would have been fortunate to have been considered the white Saint -Georges. He is more than a composer but a musician than was also a top notch if not the best duelist of his time and a fine armed marksman. All of this plus was known to be a man of great dancing skills and a military leader. This man is his own and not anyones Black version.
Where ??? In your sweat dreams ??? To talk about Amadeus isn’t your head. Ok ??? Are you jealous ??? Even his guy wasn’t black. And this’s not your history. Great thanks to Amadeus Mozart this random mulat got a name, fame and other many things. This is Saint George a lucky man.Try something else.
He was mixed race, half white, had he been Black and not had a wealthy white father, he wouldn't of been playing this style of music to the French elites.
What we NEEDED to know was hidden in the scriptures that our black preachers weren't allowed to cover in their Sunday morning sermons. Read Deuteronomy chapter 28 in its entirety. If we are TRULY children of the MOST HIGH GOD, we must FINALLY do things HIS WAY: Our collective Prayers can change things. In our weakness, GOD WILL show HIS STRENGTH. 2nd CHRONICLES 7:14: If MY people who are called by MY name will humble themselves, and PRAY and seek MY face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal/RESTORE their land,,.
Aside from the written text a day oral history which was fantastic, I'm quite visual so from whence will the theatrical/ movie come? I hope the interest shall spark the curiosity and /or passion of a producer for the enigmatic Saint- Joseph de Georges. 🤺🕺🗣🏝🎻🎼📚👔💘✍🎯🔯 🇨🇵
Mozart had so many influences and Saint Georges was one of them. I've read the two men shared lodgings in Paris. Also Boulogne was not the only "Mixed Race" musician of prominence in Europe. The great Violinist George Bridgetower was friends with Beethoven and played a Sonata specifically written for him by the master from Bonn.
Taught Mozart get a grip. Mozart composed his first opera when he was 8. He had tons of music before Joseph Bolognes was even documented. Mozart's teacher was his father. You people really need to stop embarrassing yourselves. It's pathetic
He was wholly and uniquely himself. Mozart sampled his music into one of his own opera a testament to Chavelier's talent. Its down grading Chavelier's talent to call him a Black Mozart. Chavelier was 11 years older than Mozart, so by that token it should be said Mozart was the white Chavelier.
This is ridiculous and so far from the case. Mozart was knighted (the Chevalier title) by the Pope in Rome when Wolfgang was 14. This was before Joseph was well known.
@@TheJosephBologne I spent the entire day researching him, listening to his music, and pulling up old post I made about Freemasons Mozart and Angelo Solimon, Chevalier was the missing piece to a puzzle 🧩 I had about The Magic Flute and Eddie Murphy’s Trading Places.
I think this wonderful!! He was amazing. It surprises me that this audience is quite odd- the white people are not even smiling, and the black people are smiling, laughing, and happy about thiis. I think this is so funny.
Hopefully, itz bcause da white folkz were sad, dat lotz of his muzak went missing & iz lost 2 all posterity, ( SO CALLED white folkz, LOVE history & da preserving of it. ) whilst da black people found worth & validation/nspiration, thru dis ncredible story, n history.
@@Einnor084 In your dreams.Ok ??? His dad was violinist like Amadeous .He’d teach Saint George and Amadeus was a good model for his son.Ok ??? This’s white culture.Antonio Vivaldi,Johan Bach…and anothers are father of this all.
@@Einnor084 He baceme Chevalier because of his dad. And what he can got this but not the academic music ability ??? Serious ??? His mom was a worker in plantation.How he can get something from her.Get some info before talk
He was the son of a wealthy French Planter and his wife’s Dominican slave. His father sent him to be educated in Europe. He was influenced by Haydn. He shared the same rental house in Paris with Mozart and others, but only with Mozart for 5 days. He was not Mozart’s teacher.
@@kannumuntu 😂😂😂 create classical music. Oh you're delusional. A black person didn't invent a single instrument needed to create a classical piece. You people are so embarrassing the jealousy is palpable.
@@UICeinnselaig Where do you think the origins of instruments and music actually came from. (Drums and strings) Africa/Egypt. Before any of these musical artists/composers were born... It has been reported that in the Library of Congress, There is a photograph of Mozart. Melanated.
@@sheilafort2193 Mozart was not black. And photography wasn't invented till 1826 long after Mozart died. 😂😂 And the last portrait of Mozart was By Johann Georg Edlinger clearly showing he was white. And his father has his Portrait also showing he was white.
Seems to me that he was more accomplished than Mozart and much more interesting! I get so angry when I hear that I was robbed of a rich education because of this white supremacy bullshit. Still I'm lucky enough to have lived, to have heard and/or met the likes of Ellington, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Lena Horne, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Carmen McCrae, Sonny Rollins, Don Cherry, Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk, I could go on and on. I'm getting on the internet to find his music. Blown away!!!
Beethoven was black so was Haydn, the Black a Moores Ruled Europe for 700 years and the original people were black according to European scholars. All European music originated with black people infact black people created western culture that was stolen and distorted during the 15th century.
No they weren't. And the Moors never ruled Europe at all they ruled different parts of the Iberian peninsula at different times and the last two centuries held only Grenada. And the majority of the Moors were Arab and the moorish conquest of Iberia was founded by an Arab born in Syria. The holy Roman empire ruled Europe at that time. If the Moors had ruled Europe why wasn't Islam the religion why didn't European speak or write in Arabic script. . All European music originated with black people? Get a grip. The only instrument a black person created was the bongo. You're delusional and need an education you simpleton. DNA haplogroups prove you wrong the earliest text of musical annotations prove you wrong.
@@jamillahcarradine7884 no it didn't. Why would it mean black when in every Language of Europe the word black is never moor..the word moor is derived from Latin which literally means inhabitants of Mauritania.. Latin has many words for black so why didn't they use one of them?
Interesting to learn about history but "black Mozart" is a stretch. You mentioned a more important person and that was Alexander Dumas. The "Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" are classics.
It has been documented. whether your mixed or polka dot. If you have one 1 oz. As an example... hypothetically... Of black blood in your DNA. You're considered black. So when did The Narratives change...
Joseph Bologne Le Chevalier de Saint Georges was NOT the father of Dumas! Dumas' father was Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie Pailleterie; Dumas was born in Sant Domingo, now known as Haiti to an African Slave mother and French father Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie!
According to what I found, Dumas was born in 1800 and died in 1870. Joseph Bolonge Le Chvalier ws born 1745 and died in 1799 so if what I found is accurate, it does not seem possible that he was the father of Dumas!
Mr. Pettaway, I have a special relationship with Saint-Georges. I know you want to share a full accounting of Saint-Georges life in France. Please tell the truth. There were many Black people in the courts of France and indeed all of Germany, Wales, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, Spain and Portugal and more. Hayden was Black, so was Beethoven. I am writing this because there are descriptions of both men by their peers in writing. We can not trust the paintings, drawings or present day descriptions of any European royal or composer. I have been intrigued by him since his life came to me spontaneously as I found myself in the presence of several Frenchman. I informed them, including a film crew, about Saint-Georges life. None of them had heard of him until then. There's much more to this story. Just please let your audiences know France/ Europe was not a "white" nation. By the way, I knew before you shared it that Saint-Georges was a lover of many. I knew.
Get a life. Beethoven is not black. And France Spain Scotland Ireland Wales and England didn't have many black people at all. In fact there are only five documented black people in England and that was during the Tudor era. England didn't have it's first black MP till the 19 century. Stop trying to blackwash European and British history and just to clarify Joseph Bolognes was not black either he was mixed race
Europe has been a white nation since the early Neolithic period. Get out of our history you Culture vulture. DNA haplogroups of Europe completely prove you wrong. All you're doing like all other black propagandist is embarrassing yourselves and showing your obvious jealousy and envy of Europe's white history.
Saying you cannot trust the paintings and historical descriptions and statues and busts and coinage in believing Europe is white is hysterical. Go and look at the most famous and important tapestry in the world. The Bayeux Tapestry that depicts all the battles leading up to the Norman conquest of Britain culminating in the battle of Hastings. Tell me why not a single black person is depicted. And that was made in the 11th century. Put all that together alongside DNA haplogroups and you are widely debunked and disproven.
@@UICeinnselaig Dear person, there are descriptions of Beethoven in writing that clearly indicate a man of dark brown skin, full lips, broad nose and sturdy hair. Look it up. I am a descendant of an American First Lady and I know how they lie about skin color or paint skin lighter than it was. Such lies to make a handful of whites on the planet feel superior. Benjamin Franklin said he had traveled the world and everywhere he went with the exception of Anglos he found Black and Brown people. He said he wished there were more white people in the world, an increase in the numbers, but he had not seen them. In Abraham Lincoln's autobiography he shares how the famous Civil War photographer, Brady was able to lighten his brown skin in photographs and smooth his coarse hair in photographs. His barber was a Black man. They wanted Americans who had never seen Lincoln to feel more comfortable with him until, of course, they saw him in person. The problem with what you know is that you don't read enough nor research history enough. I owe you no proof. I've done my research as a World History Instructor. It's you who must prove your assertions. Don't be lazy. You listen to white supremacist rhetoric and accept it as fact. So prove me wrong! Not with "fixed up, whitinized" images. Bring primary sources of peer descriptions to the table of discussion. What did those who actually knew royals and dignitaries in Europe WROTE about how Moors/Blacks like Beethoven, Hayden and others you wish were white really looked. Not centuries later but back then when they were alive!
@@UICeinnselaig Spoken like a true white propagandist! Prove what you say. Give me the history you claim with written descriptions of royals, composers, dignitaries by PEERS. What you say makes a lie out of Benjamin Franklin. "What people are considered to be white? According to Benjamin Franklin, only Anglo-Saxons are considered to be white."
Yes, all these things are possible. He is proof of that. So how about we all abandon this notion that skin color has gotten anything to do with lack of achievement or the opposite, highest achievement? It is in each and everyone's own heart and mind! That's the entire truth and nothing but! And just for the record: George did NOT suffer many indignities. This is a politically tainted statement, catering to American points of view and background. In France, nobody has ever denied anyone of talent his or her place in the sun of success: just to name a few..... there was Josephine Baker, there were lots of black jazz musicians (Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, even Miles Davis, Cole Porter and so on), who graced French stages and delighted the French public around 1920, long before these same musicians got any recognition from Americans, who were and unfortunately still are racist today. And the racism goes both ways here, there is no true divide! Blacks discriminating against their own skin color even! I am always shocked to find that you can't even see it, it's so ingrained in your vision deformation! Maybe it is time to start looking at all of us just as human beings, and not sort ourselves out by the level of skin pigments! What a revolutionary concept!
@@yahuahyahusha4 Well, it stands to reason that this has to be true, my friend. He was an Israelite, and in that part of the world, people have dark skin, black/brown eyes. So what of it? I am sure Jesus never had to have a conversation about this with anyone around him, not even the Romans! So why then should skin color be a subject of discussion now? It has never been for me, and I don't care what color anybody is. I look at their heart, that is where I can see the important information.
@@velvetpaws999 Its a very important topic and should be openly addressed how our ancestors and forefathers lied aboit everything. . It doesn't have to be an argument or disagreement that leads to chaos. However just admitting and being honest about things so we can ALL move forward would be greatly appreciated.
Where is black Mozart when Mozart "liberated" and "borrowed" from Bologne? Also, why does everyone ignore or downplay Bolonge winning a famous fencing match with a white cross-dresser who wore a period woman's gown with hoop skirt and hat for the match.
Hello, I'm not sure that the match against Chevalier D'Eon is downplayed in as much as it's probably neglected because the match against Picard illustrates the racial dynamics at the time and is maybe easier to approach politically correctly. Also, there's a lot to cover in Bologne's story, it may be for brevity's sake. However, the duel would certainly amplify the entertainment value of the story.
Mssr Chevalier came away from Haiti better off than most of Napoleons troops...Viva la. Still it was diplomatically brilliant to send him there. I'm surprised they didn't take over the whole Island together. Maybe even the whole West Indies...Liberte
Novice musicians write and compose Boom boom boom boom -1234- "Baby I'm hurt" and smile into the bank with 1000s if not millions of dollars!!! These geniuses study music for many many years, compose and improvise so many complicated but beautiful musics and die poor with popper funerals...So SAD!!!
Le Chavalier, seemed 2 live a moderately charmed life. Hamstrung, only minorly, by his race, he seemed 2 glide thru MOST of lifez obstaclez, undtoured. It wuz only da French Revolution, which threw him out of his charmed position, & n2 da hardknock life. Rapperz, start-off hard knocked & progress 2 da millionz & billionz of dollarz n assetz. ( Jay Z, - skool of hard knockz Dr. Dre, - single mom, lower middle class upbringing & Kanye West - single mom/a teacher, r da only rapperz, dat r billionairez, dat I know of. ) We can thank Capitalism vs. Monarchy, 4 all da dichotomiez, u spoke on. Being under da protection of a Monarch, MITE a4d u da luxury, of being able 2 take time out 2 study ur art, 2 itz highest 4m of perfection, whilst n Capitalism, guyz like Jimi Hendrix, 4 xample, had 2 suffer horrifically, n order 2 take their giftz 2 da next level. 2 B CONTINUED.
I wanta finish, by assuring u, dat MANY SO CALLED blackz & SO CALLED whitez, could git back 2 these levelz of compositional acheivement, BUTT we do not, bcause da economicz r not rite. Y am I gonna compose an opera & have 2 wait until death, 4 rich SO CALLED whitez 2 want 2 check it out, when I can compose a catchy 4 bar stanza n 4 or 5 secondz, put sum lyric about drankin booze n da song, & earn a living, wit possible largese!?! There mayb a small chance, I could compose an opus & people just LOVE it & haveta hear it/have it! BIGGER chance, I can take a coupla secondz, write 4 barz of muzak & rap about da stripperz @ da club, likin my beat, & everybody n da clubz & out on da streetz, just ending-up LOVIN me & havin 2 hear it/have it!
3 strikez, I'm out: Azz mentioned, St George, did well, until da French Revolution. I BLIEVE Mozart died a pauper, bcause he did revolutionary operaz. FIGARO, wuz known azz a trouble-making libretto, & Mozart thought by d-balling da libretto & bringing out itz essence of love conquering all, da Austrian Government would support his artistic acheivementz. Whut if da Austrian court, looked upon Mozart, azz a troublemaker, tho? A dissedent, azz it were. ( I BLIEVE dis same sort of scenario, murdered Jimi Hendrix, BTW. Star Spangled Banner /1983 - A MERMAN I SHALL TURN 2 - MACHINE GUN, could b viewed azz anti-war/peace activistism, n da middle of da Vietnam War, by powerful nterest, who saw dat sort of activism, azz potentially harmful, 2 their profitz. ) They claim Mozart had many bad financial habitz, like gambling, debtz, & drinking til drunkeness. Dis would, n turn, throw him n2 poverty, BUTT once he died, Mozartz muzak bcame HUGELY popular. Da conspiracy theorist n me, thinkz da Monarchy drove Mozart 2 drink, by keeping him n poverty! I don't blieve rich folkz, wanta waste all their time gambling, BUTT I have known many poor folkz, wishing 2 hit it BIG, by gambling. Just b4 he died, Mozart wuz attempting 2 take his muzak 2 da people, azz it were, & bypass da pompous court, n order 2 acheive financial stability. Beethoven, continued on, where Mozart left off. Perhapz disturbed by letting such a monuMENTAL talent like Mozart, die n poverty, da German Monarchy, dcided 2 watch out 4 Beethoven, tho he wuz infinitely mo of a harsh social character, than Mozart wuz. Beethoven, would tell aristorcratz off, wit a finality, bcause he knew he could git away wit it! When he died, he wuz not rich & he never HAD 2 sleep n da streetz, ( Beethoven would git drunk & sleep n da streetz, especially during emotional nterludez within his family life, wit his ward/son. ) like Jimi Hendrix had 2, BUTT he did not acheive ndpendant wealth, away from help from da Monarchy. Dat support, wuz nstrumental, n helping these great composerz, compose @ da level wit which they were used 2. Sum of Americaz greatest muzakal mindz, could play VERY difficult & technical passagez, BUTT Jazzerz, like Charlie Parker, ( Who admired Stravinsky. ) never strived 2 acheive those compositional standardz, bcause it would mean mo learning & then once learned, lessor of an audience! Charlie could write out a 4 bar chord sequence & he & his bandmatez, would make a party dat nite, out of them 4 chordz, dat we r still talking about 2day! SMH
One of the most serious mistakes made by humans who settled in Europe some 70,000 years ago was to pigeon-hole humans into categories based on physical features, and in other cases depending on geographical locations of various humans. In either case, those humans were denied the possibilities of excelling. Biological Determinism was believed by the Racialist philosopher of the 18th and 19th centuries to mean that nonwhites could never achieve greatness. The early Greeks and Roman's saw humanity as constrained in cultural and mental capabilities according to "Geographical Determinism". Both forms of determinism and fixation of traits and abilities works for plants and animals, but are NOT to be applied to humans. Historical and current events prove this abundantly.
No, you are making a mistake, because honest and sincere people know very well that Mozart copied Joseph Bologne, and that is why we call Mozart, the white-skinned Joseph Boulogne (Boulogne was 11 years older than Mozart, so it is absurd to call Joseph Bologna the black Mozart, because it is precisely Mozart who is known under the name of the white-skinned Joseph Boulogne)
I'm a retired professional singer. Four days ago, I stumbled another channel learning about this magnificent man. I was left with so much hunger to find out more about him, that I started my quest to research. Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges history, is not only interesting, but captivating in so many ways. So much that it makes me wonder and ask myself... How many more men and women's stories like this may have been "lost" just waiting to come to light? Prof. Pettaway, I loved the way you told the story. I was not bored for a second, but you left me wanting more... Thank you!
@@gway3079 I just found out that Mozart is depicted wrong. He was a melanated man. I'm so tired of the "bleachwashing". Suppressing our heritage and the amazing things we've done around this earth... Envy and jealousy has revealed its face. So sad!
What we needed to know was hidden in the scriptures that our black preachers weren't allowed to cover in their Sunday morning sermons. Read Deuteronomy chapter 28 in its entirety. If we are TRULY children of the MOST HIGH GOD, we must FINALLY do things HIS WAY: Our collective Prayers can change things. In our weakness, GOD WILL show HIS STRENGTH. 2nd CHRONICLES 7:14: If MY people who are called by MY name will humble themselves, and PRAY and seek MY face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal/RESTORE their land,.
Hello. Yes, it's sad how unaware people are but that's the reason for the channel. I'm glad you found it. What instrument do you play? The internet certainly needs more recordings of his music.
@@TheJosephBologne I'm a singer, but a lover of all music. Especially good classical music. I'm so glad to hear that we had a brother composing at the same time as Mozart! What other "secrets" can we learn about our people?
@@cubearcub A singer! Well I'm sure you'll have an appreciation for these th-cam.com/video/35gYBmScRds/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/l8q_9hWfjFs/w-d-xo.html It would be delightful to find more musicians and singers from the time. Are you aware of violinist George Bridgetower? Florence Beatrice Price was a wonderful composer I'm sure you'll enjoy her work if you haven't listened already.
@@cubearcub George Bridgetower was a well known violinist. I didn’t realize until recently that he was also a composer and I am black and was trained to play classical violin as well. I also did not know about St. George and the others until relatively recently. They never taught us about any of them at school. So terrible, the amount of our history that has been hidden. At least some of that information is starting to come out. There is a film about Boulogne that is supposed to premiere in 2023. I look forward to seeing it. He was a truly remarkable person.
I just saw the movie Chevalier!!! Its a shame that this world hasn’t heard of this Triple Genius !!!!! Bravo Professor Pettiway👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🥰🥰🥰 what an amazing excellent biography of Joseph Bologne Chevalier 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
In a time that we are looking for greater equal representation in entertainment, media, and the like, it's a shame that the movie did not get a greater public response. Personally, I'd like to learn about more historical figures like him, and see their stories told over the pandering to women and bipoc that we see in Hollywood now.
I stumbled upon the story of this great man, after having stumbled upon the story of Alexander Dumas' father, Thomas-Alexander Dumas. The life of both these individuals is beyond astonishment. Truly a mark of the great deeds individuals can accomplish by surmounting the obstacles of their times. The fact that there isn't a biopic about these characters during such a fascinating, dramatic, and bigger than life time, is criminal.
Hello welcome over. I agree. More than the racial aspect, I find the story of both of their lives intriguing. I think there are a few projects in the works about Bologne and there has been more performances of his opera L'amont Anonyme which is exciting. I think a series on HBO would do really well. A crossover Bologne and Dumas series would be amazing. I really enjoyed the book The Black Count by Tom Reiss if you'd like more about Dumas.
As we say inthe Latino community, Saint San Gorge." He earned the To be addressed as Don Saint San Gorge. To be mentioned as Don or Doña, especially when your talented accomplishment are so numerous, it's like counting the grains of sand in the desert. Bravo Don Saint San Gorge.
Música TALENT's is a realm that circle our magnetic field. I would compared it like Money. Whenever it lands on Earth it doesn't discriminate against racial or gender. It's a force that once it inters the individual and it's taken into the person (s) awakens, and they take a positive attitude. Greatest will follow,as long as the Ego doesn't interfere.
To call this magnificent man, the "black" Mozart is, in my opinion, an insult! Joseph Bologne Le Chevalier was an original. And fully capable of standing in excellence as such.
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@@reginaldbrownmusic8356 Joseph Bolognes was melanin? So what. and you mean Eumelanin. And white people produce all three types of melanin Black people are pheomelanin poor. How do you think white people have Black and brown hair and brown eyes and freckles and get a tan? Eumelanin
😭😭😭 of Joy!!!! What a beautiful genius black man!!!!! Where did they hide him all these centuries 🤔🤔 Honestly why???? NOTHING remains hidden forever!!!!🙏🙏🙏. Thank you for sharing this important Information Hmmmmm!!
@@West-Telecom lol. Ok man i understand you.lol. You can have it. Its sp much more hidden history that will make you ho outside and cry. For example...egyptians were full ethiopian blacks. Hannibal and his father were ethiopian blacks. Carthage was full black. Spain was all black thats why you have the running of the bulls to get them out. Africa was named alkebulan until 202AD. The egypt history tho will shut the globe down overnight. Its amazing to learn for rest of your life.
@@West-Telecom Nutcake liar you clearly do not pay attention nor comprehend. His father was not a musician but was a rich French commoner / Guadeloupe slave plantation owner up until becoming a gentleman aristocrat in Paris, France by way of his position working for the French King at that time.
What a wonderful and impressive lecture. Very informative, great facilitator and overall discussion. I so wish that I had been present. With the upcoming movie release in 2023, I’m hoping you can extend your knowledge of Saint- George at some of the events surrounding his life and the music legacy he left behind.
Hello, thank you for the comment! This channel isn't associated with Mr.Pettaway, however a link to the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the creators of the content, is in the description. Mr. Pettaway has provided some of the best content on Bologne online and I would love to see a modern updated presentation as well. If you’re interested in hearing more of Bologne's music, there's plenty on this channel. Have a nice day! 🙂
Calling him the Black Mozart is a mistake. I think that as African people we should give to these great figures the right to exist by themselves, with their identities, their names and originality. I regret the fact that some of us are still looking at life through an external prism. White people are not a benchmark.
@@West-Telecom Having African ancestry doesn't make you an African? Are you a cretin? I'm an African living in France, and I grew up with people from the so called French Islands of the West Indies. None of them, even the ones that are obviously mixed race, would be crazy enough to say "I'm French".
@@keithsleekjenkins The colour is everything for you all “today”. That’s why. Neither you nor him don’t know how Africa was/is or history. Just ambitions what you put opposite of white people, your output.His dad was french. Why not call him white ??? He’d get everything from his dad. Dad gave him a place in royality. Even mom was Guadelupian. Then what makes him african ??? This’s “colour” a political “thing” today for POC aka silences everyone immediately. Even you all here just because pf the title of this video begining with the “black” word. Suddenly you all became classic music “fans” ??? Until yesterday blacks called this genre “white’s boring thing”. But today you all knew about his mom. If he was fool white ??? Were you here ??? Look, how a colour is thing for you.
He was Mozart’s teacher. To call him “the black Mozart” is insulting. He was supremely successful as a musician in his own lifetime. Since he precedes Mozart, it is more befitting to call Mozart, “The White Chevalier.”
I agree it is insulting and it's great to see more people referring Bologne by his name and title. However, Bologne was not Mozart's teacher. I am not the creator of this production and have decided to respect the title given by the creators.
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Yes, how can the teacher be less than his student? It is a great insult!
I AGREE 💯. 🌿😘🌿
IN. THIS. CASE. THE. TEACHER,. IS. THE. STUDENT. !!! 🌿🤗🌿🥰🌿😘🌿
Everyday I am finding so much contribution of my black family. This is beautiful.
Professor Pettaway is a great storyteller. He makes history so interesting…
This is one of the most fascinating presentation of a gifted composer who happens to be black
Agreed The care, love, and pride Pettaway has for Bologne's life and legacy is palpable
Happens to be? Wouldn't his being black and accomplished have been exceptional given the times and circumstances in which he lived?
Half black.His dad was white french musician. This’s why he’s white abilities and Chevalier name
@@West-Telecom His dad was a European land owner who because of his European background was in a position to associate himself with the aristocracy of France. The father was not born with a title. It was given to him when he returned to France with his family, including St George’s mother who was his Senegalese mistress. He gave his son as many opportunities as possible to excel and be educated amongst the very best. If his son’s color wasn’t at play, St George would have been noted in history as one of the extraordinary conductors in French circles at that time. When his father died, the monies (Trusts) allocated to him were confiscated and transferred to Elizabeth, his sister who carried her mother’s name (Elizabeth). Color coding was still prominently observed at that time in France although slavery had been abolished.
‘Happens to Be Black” is not a happening. Please excuse my pun. He was born to a Senegalese mother and her European (French) Plantation owner in Guadalupe. Slavery in the colonies had not yet been abolished.
He did not walk among royalty. He was royalty. He was a supreme musician.
His dad was royalty. And he became chevalier and everything because of this. Ok ???
No, He was not royalty, He was a Good Subject and Good Servant. Able to meet the royalty, standing in front of them, not sitting, according to the protocole. Same for Mozart, twicely did chevalier, and academicien.
You can feel the soul in this man's music that is lacking in most of his White contemporaries.
@@West-TelecomOnly partially true. His dad gained a particle and was made an aristocrat during Joseph's childhood so he gained that pedigree thanks to his dad (even though it was all informal since as an illigitimate son and due to the Code Noir he could never inherit his father's title for real) BUT he was a self-made knight ("chevallier") due to his talent and graduating from the Royal Academy in 1761. His dad (appart from loving him and paying to see him succeed in becoming a gentleman by sending him to study under de la Boëssière) did not directly contribute to him becoming a knight and was not a knight himself.
Well said 👏👏👏
Thank YOU professor! This is very informative, and the music is uplifting. Please continue to give us more.❤
Hello! Indeed, Mr.Pettaway is a fantastic presenter. If you enjoyed the music there's plenty more on the channel. Thanks for watching!
THE HISTORICAL BACK GROUND ON THIS AMAZING MAN IS ASTONISHING ESPECIALLY DURING THIS ERA WITH HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE BEST FENCER MARKS MAN HORSE BACK RIDER AND LADIES MAN. HE WAS ALSO MOZART TRACHER THIS HELPS SHOWING THE WORLD A GREAT DEAL OF HISTORY HAS BEEN EXPOSED WHICH WAS HIDDEN THIS WOULD BE A OSCAR NOMINATED MOVIE DONE RIGHT WITH PROPER RESEARCH.
Sorry for misspelling teacher
Oh am just amazed and thrilled! I love classical music and I was looking for African input in this music. In my search I stumbled over the Joseph Bologne - Saint George! Thanks so much. I am enjoying this. May many enjoy this beautiful history!
You're welcome! I'm glad I get to share his music with this channel. I'm always happy to learn that more people know about him.
What is the African input you found in classical music? Bologne was from Guadeloupe.
@@anastasiacrohn - Slaves were brought to Guadeloupe starting in 1640. By 1804, 84% of the population was African. Also, his mother was a slave. THIS is where the African component comes in musically. I'm soo glad I teach my kids to READ and we travel. So, they already know all this information.
@@42Laj I was talking about African input into the music. As in, which rhythms, accords, claves etc in classical music are African. The word input was used. Secondly, Bologne was from Guadeloupe. He was of African descent but he was not African. Bill Clinton is American. Yes, of European descent but he is American. Please do not confuse ethnicity with descent and do not negate nationality nor cultural identity.
@GN28 I do not need google, but thanks for suggesting. I know people of Guadeloupe are of African descent. Bob Marley is partly of African descent. He is Jamaican and from Jamaica. His music is Jamaican. The fact that he is of African descent doesn't mean reggae has African input. It doesn't.
Thank you for this. I enjoyed this. I was curious and couldn’t stop the video, I was so in awe of this talented Black Composer. I’m glad I watched. The speaker in this was also interesting.
You're welcome! I agree, Mr. Pettaway is a wonderful presenter. Thank you for watching. There's plenty of Bologne's music on my channel if you enjoyed the excerpts played during the presentation.
Half black. Don’t lie
@@West-Telecom right!
Mixed and reared in YT culture
I really believe in that piece, and probably many others, that Joseph Saint George and Mozart probably collaborated, or were playing together as musicians, and as musicians do
they may take for one another, some would call it stealing, but musicians don't see it that way, call it stealing
but if you know musicians, they oftentimes play together and, share music and songs and notes, and it's just like a jam session, it's just playing music
because most of the greats, most of the greats, no it's a gift from God, and they're just basking in the sunlight of the gift that there have been given
and they are developing it to the fullest, and so they collaborate and you take this and I take that,
it's just another day in the middle of the enormous unmeasurable orchestration.
Thank you again, Professor Pettaway, no one has ever learned so much, in such a short period of time.
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Merci beaucoup 🇫🇷🏹👑☀☀☀👑🇫🇷
C'est un plaisir
Thank you for this inspiring, comprehensive, and totally engaging presentation. I appreciate your talent, diligence, and commitment to disseminating this information.
Indeed, Mr. Pettaway is amazing. Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed the music there's plenty on my channel. Enjoy!
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the legend ❤
Yesterday I saw the movie Chevalier, and was very impressed with the story of the man and his music. I have also been viewing the many videos now showing on Utube. Good to see he's finally getting well-deserved recognition.
That's my professor/advisor !!
Wow. Really!? This presentation is excellent. I love his enthusiasm and the musical excerpts throughout. After all this time, this presentation remains one of the best there is on Bologne. I don't know if he has seen this, but I hope he doesn't mind that I've shared it on my channel. I hope he's doing well.
@@TheJosephBologne He is doing well and still teaching !! He’s teaching at The first HBCU, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania! He is very happy that this is being shared because this is important information !
@@drucillalindsay This is great to hear! Please give him thanks from this channel. His knowledge is certainly appreciated. 🙏🏾
Thank you. He is an amazing personage. 🙋🌹
This is wonderful!!!!! It makes my heart soar. For many, many reasons.
Saint George was a man for all seasons.
He was FINE! Gorgeous, brilliant man
Love this - glad it’s a video for all to see, because no one believed me when I proclaimed that Mozart was a. Black Man. Our contributions to the world are so rich.
No one believed you because Mozart isn't Black. Your contributions to the world are tiny that's why you are all trying to claim our history and people
Mozart wasn’t. Are you sure you’d understand everything right ???
No offense intended but Mozart was not black. Joseph Boulogne was a talented black violinist of noble background that was Mozart's teacher!!
@@patriciamartin6756 He never was Amadeus’s teacher idiot. How he can be teacher Amadeus gave his first conser for royality in his six. Even at that times Mozart was more popular than Saint George.
@@patriciamartin6756 he wasn't Mozart's teacher
That sonata in c major had parts that I could swear I've heard in the marriage of Figaro!
Love your storytelling of this amazingly gifted man … I have a watercolor painting by St.- Georges dated 1794 …surely it was a talent not known by the world .
Agreed. Mr. Pettaway is a phenomenal presenter. What a neat thing to have. He did so much. May I ask what the subject matter of the painting is?
This proves blacks anywhere we are can be the best at everything we do of given the opportunity
Half black.His dad was white french musician. That why his white music abilities and Chevalier name
From what I was read about this man Mozart would have been fortunate to have been considered the white Saint -Georges. He is more than a composer but a musician than was also a top notch if not the best duelist of his time and a fine armed marksman. All of this plus was known to be a man of great dancing skills and a military leader. This man is his own and not anyones Black version.
Where ??? In your sweat dreams ??? To talk about Amadeus isn’t your head. Ok ???
Are you jealous ??? Even his guy wasn’t black. And this’s not your history. Great thanks to Amadeus Mozart this random mulat got a name, fame and other many things. This is Saint George a lucky man.Try something else.
He was mixed race, half white, had he been Black and not had a wealthy white father, he wouldn't of been playing this style of music to the French elites.
What we NEEDED to know was hidden in the scriptures that our black preachers weren't allowed to cover in their Sunday morning sermons.
Read Deuteronomy chapter 28 in its entirety.
If we are TRULY children of the MOST HIGH GOD, we must FINALLY do things HIS WAY:
Our collective Prayers can change things.
In our weakness, GOD WILL show HIS STRENGTH.
2nd CHRONICLES 7:14: If MY people who are called by MY name will humble themselves, and PRAY and seek MY face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal/RESTORE their land,,.
Can’t wait to the movie. It’s coming out on April 7, 2023 I believe.🎼🎶
What an amazing story
🤯mind blowing 🤯
Aside from the written text a day oral history which was fantastic, I'm quite visual so from whence will the theatrical/ movie come?
I hope the interest shall spark the curiosity and /or passion of a producer for the enigmatic
Saint- Joseph de Georges. 🤺🕺🗣🏝🎻🎼📚👔💘✍🎯🔯 🇨🇵
Mozart had so many influences and Saint Georges was one of them. I've read the two men shared lodgings in Paris. Also Boulogne was not the only "Mixed Race" musician of prominence in Europe. The great Violinist George Bridgetower was friends with Beethoven and played a Sonata specifically written for him by the master from Bonn.
How do you know? He told you who influenced him?
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He was the son of Georges de Bologne Saint-Georges, a wealth, white, planter.
I loved this!
Excellently put!! Indeedly so..........Thank you very much.
Okay…. Thank you so much. Have a splendid day.
Superb recital of an extraordinary life.
St. George was not the Black Mozart, he taught Mozart.
Taught Mozart get a grip. Mozart composed his first opera when he was 8. He had tons of music before Joseph Bolognes was even documented. Mozart's teacher was his father. You people really need to stop embarrassing yourselves. It's pathetic
@@UICeinnselaig well done, couldn't of said it better.
Mozart was the "White Bologne"
He was wholly and uniquely himself. Mozart sampled his music into one of his own opera a testament to Chavelier's talent. Its down grading Chavelier's talent to call him a Black Mozart. Chavelier was 11 years older than Mozart, so by that token it should be said Mozart was the white Chavelier.
Agreed and the movie did not depict that well either
@@KimmyQueen 😊👍🏻
This is ridiculous and so far from the case. Mozart was knighted (the Chevalier title) by the Pope in Rome when Wolfgang was 14. This was before Joseph was well known.
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What are you trying to say?
So beautiful and yet so sad. 😢
Is Bologne 'The Black Mozart' or is Mozart 'The White Chevalier'. Food for thought...
Very well told story but sad ending
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Thank you for sharing this
You're welcome. You're prepared to see the movie now. I think you'll enjoy it, if you liked this presentation.
@@TheJosephBologne I spent the entire day researching him, listening to his music, and pulling up old post I made about Freemasons Mozart and Angelo Solimon, Chevalier was the missing piece to a puzzle 🧩 I had about The Magic Flute and Eddie Murphy’s Trading Places.
@@BlessedHighlyFavord I do wonder if Joseph really was the inspiration for Mozart's villain. What about trading places?
These people never surprise me
Please, if available, provide written info re this greatnezs. Would like sources. Thx
I think this wonderful!! He was amazing.
It surprises me that this audience is quite odd- the white people are not even smiling, and the black people are smiling, laughing, and happy about thiis. I think this is so funny.
Hopefully, itz bcause da white folkz were sad, dat lotz of his muzak went missing & iz lost 2 all posterity, ( SO CALLED white folkz, LOVE history & da preserving of it. ) whilst da black people found worth & validation/nspiration, thru dis ncredible story, n history.
Because he’s half black. His dad was white french. This’s why his character and white music abilities
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Actually, da muzak ability, came from his motherz side of da family. His father had no rhythm. His old man, wuz a great Fencer, tho!
@@Einnor084 In your dreams.Ok ??? His dad was violinist like Amadeous .He’d teach Saint George and Amadeus was a good model for his son.Ok ??? This’s white culture.Antonio Vivaldi,Johan Bach…and anothers are father of this all.
@@Einnor084 He baceme Chevalier because of his dad. And what he can got this but not the academic music ability ??? Serious ??? His mom was a worker in plantation.How he can get something from her.Get some info before talk
Anyone familiar with Brindis de Salas, the Black Paganini.
He was the son of a wealthy French Planter and his wife’s Dominican slave. His father sent him to be educated in Europe. He was influenced by Haydn. He shared the same rental house in Paris with Mozart and others, but only with Mozart for 5 days. He was not Mozart’s teacher.
No ! Blacks in Europe were the nobles, They create Classical Music...
@@kannumuntu 😂😂😂 create classical music. Oh you're delusional. A black person didn't invent a single instrument needed to create a classical piece. You people are so embarrassing the jealousy is palpable.
@@UICeinnselaig Where do you think the origins of instruments and music actually came from.
(Drums and strings)
Africa/Egypt.
Before any of these musical artists/composers were born...
It has been reported that in the Library of Congress,
There is a photograph of Mozart. Melanated.
@@sheilafort2193 the original string instruments and the drum both originate from Asia.
@@sheilafort2193 Mozart was not black. And photography wasn't invented till 1826 long after Mozart died. 😂😂 And the last portrait of Mozart was By
Johann Georg Edlinger clearly showing he was white. And his father has his Portrait also showing he was white.
Seems to me that he was more accomplished than Mozart and much more interesting! I get so angry when I hear that I was robbed of a rich education because of this white supremacy bullshit. Still I'm lucky enough to have lived, to have heard and/or met the likes of Ellington, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Lena Horne, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Carmen McCrae, Sonny Rollins, Don Cherry, Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk, I could go on and on. I'm getting on the internet to find his music. Blown away!!!
Hello, there's plenty of Bologne's music on my channel. Enjoy!
Hey history was professional music artist of franco😊
Not the black Mozart. He was his own man. Learn HIS name. Bologne Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Mozart was the The white bologne
Beethoven was black so was Haydn, the Black a Moores Ruled Europe for 700 years and the original people were black according to European scholars. All European music originated with black people infact black people created western culture that was stolen and distorted during the 15th century.
No they weren't. And the Moors never ruled Europe at all they ruled different parts of the Iberian peninsula at different times and the last two centuries held only Grenada. And the majority of the Moors were Arab and the moorish conquest of Iberia was founded by an Arab born in Syria. The holy Roman empire ruled Europe at that time. If the Moors had ruled Europe why wasn't Islam the religion why didn't European speak or write in Arabic script. . All European music originated with black people? Get a grip. The only instrument a black person created was the bongo. You're delusional and need an education you simpleton. DNA haplogroups prove you wrong the earliest text of musical annotations prove you wrong.
@@UICeinnselaig Again! Drum and string Instruments... Origins
Africa/Egypt.
@@UICeinnselaig moor just mean black back then
@@jamillahcarradine7884 no it didn't. Why would it mean black when in every Language of Europe the word black is never moor..the word moor is derived from Latin which literally means inhabitants of Mauritania.. Latin has many words for black so why didn't they use one of them?
😂In yor dreams. Ok ??? Go sleep more. You see hellucinations😂
Interesting to learn about history but "black Mozart" is a stretch. You mentioned a more important person and that was Alexander Dumas. The "Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" are classics.
Well he wasn't black he was mixed race
Lol. Don't want the guy to be black, do you
@@johndough2125 well he just was mixed! so is oblahblah.
Thegunslinger=are you suffering a mild=Brainfart😆😆😳😳....
@@robertfoster2764 nope. just stating facts.
It has been documented. whether your mixed or polka dot. If you have one 1 oz.
As an example... hypothetically... Of black blood in your DNA.
You're considered black.
So when did The Narratives change...
Joseph Bologne Le Chevalier de Saint Georges was NOT the father of Dumas! Dumas' father was Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie Pailleterie; Dumas was born in Sant Domingo, now known as Haiti to an African Slave mother and French father Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie!
According to what I found, Dumas was born in 1800 and died in 1870. Joseph Bolonge Le Chvalier ws born 1745 and died in 1799 so if what I found is accurate, it does not seem possible that he was the father of Dumas!
Mr. Pettaway, I have a special relationship with Saint-Georges. I know you want to share a full accounting of Saint-Georges life in France. Please tell the truth. There were many Black people in the courts of France and indeed all of Germany, Wales, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, Spain and Portugal and more. Hayden was Black, so was Beethoven. I am writing this because there are descriptions of both men by their peers in writing. We can not trust the paintings, drawings or present day descriptions of any European royal or composer. I have been intrigued by him since his life came to me spontaneously as I found myself in the presence of several Frenchman. I informed them, including a film crew, about Saint-Georges life. None of them had heard of him until then. There's much more to this story. Just please let your audiences know France/ Europe was not a "white" nation. By the way, I knew before you shared it that Saint-Georges was a lover of many. I knew.
Get a life. Beethoven is not black. And France Spain Scotland Ireland Wales and England didn't have many black people at all. In fact there are only five documented black people in England and that was during the Tudor era. England didn't have it's first black MP till the 19 century. Stop trying to blackwash European and British history and just to clarify Joseph Bolognes was not black either he was mixed race
Europe has been a white nation since the early Neolithic period. Get out of our history you Culture vulture. DNA haplogroups of Europe completely prove you wrong. All you're doing like all other black propagandist is embarrassing yourselves and showing your obvious jealousy and envy of Europe's white history.
Saying you cannot trust the paintings and historical descriptions and statues and busts and coinage in believing Europe is white is hysterical. Go and look at the most famous and important tapestry in the world. The Bayeux Tapestry that depicts all the battles leading up to the Norman conquest of Britain culminating in the battle of Hastings. Tell me why not a single black person is depicted. And that was made in the 11th century. Put all that together alongside DNA haplogroups and you are widely debunked and disproven.
@@UICeinnselaig Dear person, there are descriptions of Beethoven in writing that clearly indicate a man of dark brown skin, full lips, broad nose and sturdy hair. Look it up. I am a descendant of an American First Lady and I know how they lie about skin color or paint skin lighter than it was. Such lies to make a handful of whites on the planet feel superior. Benjamin Franklin said he had traveled the world and everywhere he went with the exception of Anglos he found Black and Brown people. He said he wished there were more white people in the world, an increase in the numbers, but he had not seen them. In Abraham Lincoln's autobiography he shares how the famous Civil War photographer, Brady was able to lighten his brown skin in photographs and smooth his coarse hair in photographs. His barber was a Black man. They wanted Americans who had never seen Lincoln to feel more comfortable with him until, of course, they saw him in person. The problem with what you know is that you don't read enough nor research history enough. I owe you no proof. I've done my research as a World History Instructor. It's you who must prove your assertions. Don't be lazy. You listen to white supremacist rhetoric and accept it as fact. So prove me wrong! Not with "fixed up, whitinized" images. Bring primary sources of peer descriptions to the table of discussion. What did those who actually knew royals and dignitaries in Europe WROTE about how Moors/Blacks like Beethoven, Hayden and others you wish were white really looked. Not centuries later but back then when they were alive!
@@UICeinnselaig
Spoken like a true white propagandist! Prove what you say. Give me the history you claim with written descriptions of royals, composers, dignitaries by PEERS. What you say makes a lie out of Benjamin Franklin. "What people are considered to be white? According to Benjamin Franklin, only Anglo-Saxons are considered to be white."
Yes, all these things are possible. He is proof of that. So how about we all abandon this notion that skin color has gotten anything to do with lack of achievement or the opposite, highest achievement? It is in each and everyone's own heart and mind! That's the entire truth and nothing but!
And just for the record: George did NOT suffer many indignities. This is a politically tainted statement, catering to American points of view and background. In France, nobody has ever denied anyone of talent his or her place in the sun of success: just to name a few..... there was Josephine Baker, there were lots of black jazz musicians (Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, even Miles Davis, Cole Porter and so on), who graced French stages and delighted the French public around 1920, long before these same musicians got any recognition from Americans, who were and unfortunately still are racist today. And the racism goes both ways here, there is no true divide! Blacks discriminating against their own skin color even! I am always shocked to find that you can't even see it, it's so ingrained in your vision deformation! Maybe it is time to start looking at all of us just as human beings, and not sort ourselves out by the level of skin pigments! What a revolutionary concept!
You are aware the savior was a dark skin man to right?
@@yahuahyahusha4 Well, it stands to reason that this has to be true, my friend. He was an Israelite, and in that part of the world, people have dark skin, black/brown eyes. So what of it? I am sure Jesus never had to have a conversation about this with anyone around him, not even the Romans!
So why then should skin color be a subject of discussion now? It has never been for me, and I don't care what color anybody is. I look at their heart, that is where I can see the important information.
@@velvetpaws999 Its a very important topic and should be openly addressed how our ancestors and forefathers lied aboit everything. . It doesn't have to be an argument or disagreement that leads to chaos. However just admitting and being honest about things so we can ALL move forward would be greatly appreciated.
@@yahuahyahusha4 if you feel that you cannot move on, I think it is you alone who are standing in your own way.
@@velvetpaws999 plz don't forsake me my friend.
He’s mom was Senegalese.
Correction Mozart the white Joseph Bologne 👌🏽🇬🇲
When is the movie coming out?
I've heard rumblings of a movie project. If it's true, I'm excited to see it and I hope it's done well.
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I wonder if he knew Josephine, I think she hailed from Guadaloupe as well.
u talking about josephine backer? she lived in the 1900's
@@alibey4893 No Napoleon's wife. But she hailed from Martinique. My mistake. But they could have met in Europe.
@@ilahildasissac1943 oh ok
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Where is black Mozart when Mozart "liberated" and "borrowed" from Bologne? Also, why does everyone ignore or downplay Bolonge winning a famous fencing match with a white cross-dresser who wore a period woman's gown with hoop skirt and hat for the match.
Hello, I'm not sure that the match against Chevalier D'Eon is downplayed in as much as it's probably neglected because the match against Picard illustrates the racial dynamics at the time and is maybe easier to approach politically correctly. Also, there's a lot to cover in Bologne's story, it may be for brevity's sake. However, the duel would certainly amplify the entertainment value of the story.
Mssr Chevalier came away from Haiti better off than most of Napoleons troops...Viva la. Still it was diplomatically brilliant to send him there. I'm surprised they didn't take over the whole Island together. Maybe even the whole West Indies...Liberte
Yeah black peoples lives to be proud 🥹
I am a Music Graduate
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Novice musicians write and compose Boom boom boom boom -1234- "Baby I'm hurt" and smile into the bank with 1000s if not millions of dollars!!! These geniuses study music for many many years, compose and improvise so many complicated but beautiful musics and die poor with popper funerals...So SAD!!!
Le Chavalier, seemed 2 live a moderately charmed life. Hamstrung, only minorly, by his race, he seemed 2 glide thru MOST of lifez obstaclez, undtoured. It wuz only da French Revolution, which threw him out of his charmed position, & n2 da hardknock life.
Rapperz, start-off hard knocked & progress 2 da millionz & billionz of dollarz n assetz. ( Jay Z, - skool of hard knockz Dr. Dre, - single mom, lower middle class upbringing & Kanye West - single mom/a teacher, r da only rapperz, dat r billionairez, dat I know of. ) We can thank Capitalism vs. Monarchy, 4 all da dichotomiez, u spoke on. Being under da protection of a Monarch, MITE a4d u da luxury, of being able 2 take time out 2 study ur art, 2 itz highest 4m of perfection, whilst n Capitalism, guyz like Jimi Hendrix, 4 xample, had 2 suffer horrifically, n order 2 take their giftz 2 da next level.
2 B CONTINUED.
I wanta finish, by assuring u, dat MANY SO CALLED blackz & SO CALLED whitez, could git back 2 these levelz of compositional acheivement, BUTT we do not, bcause da economicz r not rite. Y am I gonna compose an opera & have 2 wait until death, 4 rich SO CALLED whitez 2 want 2 check it out, when I can compose a catchy 4 bar stanza n 4 or 5 secondz, put sum lyric about drankin booze n da song, & earn a living, wit possible largese!?! There mayb a small chance, I could compose an opus & people just LOVE it & haveta hear it/have it! BIGGER chance, I can take a coupla secondz, write 4 barz of muzak & rap about da stripperz @ da club, likin my beat, & everybody n da clubz & out on da streetz, just ending-up LOVIN me & havin 2 hear it/have it!
3 strikez, I'm out:
Azz mentioned, St George, did well, until da French Revolution.
I BLIEVE Mozart died a pauper, bcause he did revolutionary operaz. FIGARO, wuz known azz a trouble-making libretto, & Mozart thought by d-balling da libretto & bringing out itz essence of love conquering all, da Austrian Government would support his artistic acheivementz. Whut if da Austrian court, looked upon Mozart, azz a troublemaker, tho? A dissedent, azz it were. ( I BLIEVE dis same sort of scenario, murdered Jimi Hendrix, BTW. Star Spangled Banner /1983 - A MERMAN I SHALL TURN 2 - MACHINE GUN, could b viewed azz anti-war/peace activistism, n da middle of da Vietnam War, by powerful nterest, who saw dat sort of activism, azz potentially harmful, 2 their profitz. ) They claim Mozart had many bad financial habitz, like gambling, debtz, & drinking til drunkeness. Dis would, n turn, throw him n2 poverty, BUTT once he died, Mozartz muzak bcame HUGELY popular. Da conspiracy theorist n me, thinkz da Monarchy drove Mozart 2 drink, by keeping him n poverty! I don't blieve rich folkz, wanta waste all their time gambling, BUTT I have known many poor folkz, wishing 2 hit it BIG, by gambling. Just b4 he died, Mozart wuz attempting 2 take his muzak 2 da people, azz it were, & bypass da pompous court, n order 2 acheive financial stability.
Beethoven, continued on, where Mozart left off. Perhapz disturbed by letting such a monuMENTAL talent like Mozart, die n poverty, da German Monarchy, dcided 2 watch out 4 Beethoven, tho he wuz infinitely mo of a harsh social character, than Mozart wuz. Beethoven, would tell aristorcratz off, wit a finality, bcause he knew he could git away wit it! When he died, he wuz not rich & he never HAD 2 sleep n da streetz, ( Beethoven would git drunk & sleep n da streetz, especially during emotional nterludez within his family life, wit his ward/son. ) like Jimi Hendrix had 2, BUTT he did not acheive ndpendant wealth, away from help from da Monarchy. Dat support, wuz nstrumental, n helping these great composerz, compose @ da level wit which they were used 2. Sum of Americaz greatest muzakal mindz, could play VERY difficult & technical passagez, BUTT Jazzerz, like Charlie Parker, ( Who admired Stravinsky. ) never strived 2 acheive those compositional standardz, bcause it would mean mo learning & then once learned, lessor of an audience! Charlie could write out a 4 bar chord sequence & he & his bandmatez, would make a party dat nite, out of them 4 chordz, dat we r still talking about 2day!
SMH
One of the most serious mistakes made by humans who settled in Europe some 70,000 years ago was to pigeon-hole humans into categories based on physical features, and in other cases depending on geographical locations of various humans. In either case, those humans were denied the possibilities of excelling. Biological Determinism was believed by the Racialist philosopher of the 18th and 19th centuries to mean that nonwhites could never achieve greatness. The early Greeks and Roman's saw humanity as constrained in cultural and mental capabilities according to "Geographical Determinism".
Both forms of determinism and fixation of traits and abilities works for plants and animals, but are NOT to be applied to humans. Historical and current events prove this abundantly.
very intresting but to compare him to mozart is bizarre, there is many others composers you could make the same argument for then.
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No, you are making a mistake, because honest and sincere people know very well that Mozart copied Joseph Bologne, and that is why we call Mozart, the white-skinned Joseph Boulogne (Boulogne was 11 years older than Mozart, so it is absurd to call Joseph Bologna the black Mozart, because it is precisely Mozart who is known under the name of the white-skinned Joseph Boulogne)
He is not the Black Mozart. Mozart is the White Joseph Bologne.
I'm a retired professional singer. Four days ago, I stumbled another channel learning about this magnificent man. I was left with so much hunger to find out more about him, that I started my quest to research. Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges history, is not only interesting, but captivating in so many ways. So much that it makes me wonder and ask myself... How many more men and women's stories like this may have been "lost" just waiting to come to light? Prof. Pettaway, I loved the way you told the story. I was not bored for a second, but you left me wanting more... Thank you!
Me as well. I am a classically trained singer (ret), and I'm just learning of this amazing person!
There are millions
@@BlessedHighlyFavord Oh indeed! The suppression of information is very disturbing. But now, I found out why and still learning each day. 🙂
@@nitziamartin-vazquez4420 yes it was by design like many others to be suppressed in the pages of history
@@gway3079 I just found out that Mozart is depicted wrong. He was a melanated man. I'm so tired of the "bleachwashing". Suppressing our heritage and the amazing things we've done around this earth... Envy and jealousy has revealed its face. So sad!
What we needed to know was hidden in the scriptures that our black preachers weren't allowed to cover in their Sunday morning sermons.
Read Deuteronomy chapter 28 in its entirety.
If we are TRULY children of the MOST HIGH GOD, we must FINALLY do things HIS WAY:
Our collective Prayers can change things.
In our weakness, GOD WILL show HIS STRENGTH.
2nd CHRONICLES 7:14: If MY people who are called by MY name will humble themselves, and PRAY and seek MY face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal/RESTORE their land,.
How sad is it that I'm a black classically trained musician, and I'm just learning about this genius. Oh yeah...we know why.
Hello. Yes, it's sad how unaware people are but that's the reason for the channel. I'm glad you found it. What instrument do you play? The internet certainly needs more recordings of his music.
@@TheJosephBologne I'm a singer, but a lover of all music. Especially good classical music. I'm so glad to hear that we had a brother composing at the same time as Mozart! What other "secrets" can we learn about our people?
@@cubearcub A singer! Well I'm sure you'll have an appreciation for these
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It would be delightful to find more musicians and singers from the time. Are you aware of violinist George Bridgetower? Florence Beatrice Price was a wonderful composer I'm sure you'll enjoy her work if you haven't listened already.
@@TheJosephBologne Thank you! I will give them a listen!
@@cubearcub George Bridgetower was a well known violinist. I didn’t realize until recently that he was also a composer and I am black and was trained to play classical violin as well. I also did not know about St. George and the others until relatively recently. They never taught us about any of them at school. So terrible, the amount of our history that has been hidden. At least some of that information is starting to come out. There is a film about Boulogne that is supposed to premiere in 2023. I look forward to seeing it. He was a truly remarkable person.
I just saw the movie Chevalier!!! Its a shame that this world hasn’t heard of this Triple Genius !!!!! Bravo Professor Pettiway👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🥰🥰🥰 what an amazing excellent biography of Joseph Bologne Chevalier 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
In a time that we are looking for greater equal representation in entertainment, media, and the like, it's a shame that the movie did not get a greater public response. Personally, I'd like to learn about more historical figures like him, and see their stories told over the pandering to women and bipoc that we see in Hollywood now.
I stumbled upon the story of this great man, after having stumbled upon the story of Alexander Dumas' father, Thomas-Alexander Dumas. The life of both these individuals is beyond astonishment. Truly a mark of the great deeds individuals can accomplish by surmounting the obstacles of their times. The fact that there isn't a biopic about these characters during such a fascinating, dramatic, and bigger than life time, is criminal.
Hello welcome over. I agree. More than the racial aspect, I find the story of both of their lives intriguing. I think there are a few projects in the works about Bologne and there has been more performances of his opera L'amont Anonyme which is exciting. I think a series on HBO would do really well. A crossover Bologne and Dumas series would be amazing. I really enjoyed the book The Black Count by Tom Reiss if you'd like more about Dumas.
As we say inthe Latino community, Saint San Gorge." He earned the To be addressed as Don Saint San Gorge. To be mentioned as Don or Doña, especially when your talented accomplishment are so numerous, it's like counting the grains of sand in the desert. Bravo Don Saint San Gorge.
Música TALENT's is a realm that circle our magnetic field. I would compared it like Money. Whenever it lands on Earth it doesn't discriminate against racial or gender. It's a force that once it inters the individual and it's taken into the person (s) awakens, and they take a positive attitude. Greatest will follow,as long as the Ego doesn't interfere.
@@TheJosephBologne 😊😊
I saw the amazing and informative movie yesterday
Mr. Pettiway you are a good orator and an accomplished pianist. Your playing is delightful. Thank you, Sir.
The film has made its way to the big screen and it was tastefully directed. I am still in awe!
It was exciting to finally see and I think they did a good job.
I am so moved by the film and your fantastic lecture / a great deep dive ❤
@@reynolds-anthonyharris2620 Pettaway's lecture remains one of the best sources of biographical information. Extremely greatful to have it.
He was 14 years older than Mozart and they were at a time roommates. So it would be more accurate to refer to Mozart as the White Bologne.
To call this magnificent man, the "black" Mozart is, in my opinion, an insult!
Joseph Bologne Le Chevalier was an original. And fully capable of standing
in excellence as such.
Its an insult as he was half white, and without his white father he wouldn't have been preforming this style of music to the French elites.
His music always makes me laugh cry and awe struck. A true musical genius never to be repeated again. They will be playing him at my funeral.
He was a true Renaissance man in every since of the word
Excellent swordsman as well...
THANK U ..THANK U 4 THIS INFO...THAT'S WHY MOZART MUSIC IS SO CLOSE TO MY HEART...AND ALSO MY LOVE 4 HARPSICHORD..IT'S SAD..VERY SAD THAT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO EARSE THE BEAUTY OF OUR HISTORY..AND MAKE IT THEIR OWN...ONLY A CAVEMAN CAN DO THAT..BUT..2022 WILL BE THE REVEALING OF THE "TRUE"..BELIEVE ME.
What are you talking about? Are you saying Mozart was Black?
@@UICeinnselaig Joseph Bologne Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges IS MELANIN..MOZART WASN'T.
@@reginaldbrownmusic8356 Joseph Bolognes was melanin? So what. and you mean Eumelanin. And white people produce all three types of melanin Black people are pheomelanin poor. How do you think white people have Black and brown hair and brown eyes and freckles and get a tan? Eumelanin
@@UICeinnselaig U A PROUD BOY ARE U...AND U FROM EUROPE..RIGHT..I SEE WHERE U GETTING AT.
@@reginaldbrownmusic8356 am I a proud boy? What? And I'm English. Are you American. If the answer is yes then I know all I need to.
I already heard of him not by his compositions rather than his swordsmanship.
Thank you. "Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges."
1745-1799 was truly GREAT.
Awesome history!!! Thank you for such an incredible presentation.❤️😊
You're welcome. I was happy to share this. Pettaway did an amazing job.
Fascinating story about a fascinating man.
Thank you, Professor Pettaway. I enjoyed this amazing lecture (and of course, your piano performance!). Bravo.
😭😭😭 of Joy!!!! What a beautiful genius black man!!!!! Where did they hide him all these centuries 🤔🤔 Honestly why???? NOTHING remains hidden forever!!!!🙏🙏🙏. Thank you for sharing this important Information Hmmmmm!!
Half black.His dad was white french musician
@@West-Telecom your MOTHER defines your race. You're attached to her. You learn about a dad later.
@@georgiatecharchaeologydept8935 Maybe. But his this abilities came from his dad. Think about it, otherwise where and who would he be ?!
@@West-Telecom lol. Ok man i understand you.lol. You can have it. Its sp much more hidden history that will make you ho outside and cry. For example...egyptians were full ethiopian blacks. Hannibal and his father were ethiopian blacks. Carthage was full black. Spain was all black thats why you have the running of the bulls to get them out. Africa was named alkebulan until 202AD. The egypt history tho will shut the globe down overnight. Its amazing to learn for rest of your life.
@@West-Telecom Nutcake liar you clearly do not pay attention nor comprehend. His father was not a musician but was a rich French commoner / Guadeloupe slave plantation owner up until becoming a gentleman aristocrat in Paris, France by way of his position working for the French King at that time.
What a wonderful and impressive lecture. Very informative, great facilitator and overall discussion. I so wish that I had been present. With the upcoming movie release in 2023, I’m hoping you can extend your knowledge of Saint- George at some of the events surrounding his life and the music legacy he left behind.
Hello, thank you for the comment! This channel isn't associated with Mr.Pettaway, however a link to the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the creators of the content, is in the description. Mr. Pettaway has provided some of the best content on Bologne online and I would love to see a modern updated presentation as well. If you’re interested in hearing more of Bologne's music, there's plenty on this channel. Have a nice day! 🙂
@@TheJosephBologne Thank you for your warm reply! ☺️
This was quite remarkable. I learned allot. Watched the entire video. Interesting story.
Hello! Interesting indeed. A story more need to hear. Thanks for watching. Maybe one of your students over there will sample his music one day.
There weren’t many others like him.
This was so enjoying and thank you for sharing his musical style. Along with everything that encompasses his life.
Calling him the Black Mozart is a mistake. I think that as African people we should give to these great figures the right to exist by themselves, with their identities, their names and originality. I regret the fact that some of us are still looking at life through an external prism. White people are not a benchmark.
Oh really ??? Then first he wasn’t african, second this “nikename” made him popular.
@@West-Telecom You right, with a face like that he's probably from Korean descent. My bad.
@@keithsleekjenkins Why ??? He’s french. His anchestors doesn’t make him african. He has also white achestors.
@@West-Telecom Having African ancestry doesn't make you an African?
Are you a cretin? I'm an African living in France, and I grew up with people from the so called French Islands of the West Indies. None of them, even the ones that are obviously mixed race, would be crazy enough to say "I'm French".
@@keithsleekjenkins The colour is everything for you all “today”. That’s why. Neither you nor him don’t know how Africa was/is or history. Just ambitions what you put opposite of white people, your output.His dad was french. Why not call him white ??? He’d get everything from his dad. Dad gave him a place in royality. Even mom was Guadelupian. Then what makes him african ??? This’s “colour” a political “thing” today for POC aka silences everyone immediately. Even you all here just because pf the title of this video begining with the “black” word. Suddenly you all became classic music “fans” ??? Until yesterday blacks called this genre “white’s boring thing”. But today you all knew about his mom. If he was fool white ??? Were you here ??? Look, how a colour is thing for you.
He was THE original G.O.A.T. 🥳🥳🥳
Beautiful You Brought the Aristocrat to Life with a Masterful Presentation, Very Upper Crustic.
Very good Sir, Very good! thank You, Professor Pettaway