Question
Amateur musicologist J.W. Thirwell hunted down this performer in 1860 and learned how this performer had a musical dedication rescinded after he insulted the composer’s friend. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this biracial British violinist who premiered a composer’s “Sonata mulattica” before that composer re-dedicated the piece to Rodolphe Kreutzer.
ANSWER: George Bridgetower [or George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower]
[10e] This composer, who originally dedicated the Kreutzer Sonata to George Bridgetower, later went on to furiously tear up his third symphony’s dedication page to Napoleon.
ANSWER: Ludwig van Beethoven
[10h] Bridgetower was born in this country, which was also the home country of a virtuoso pianist and composer with the first name Maria who published a set of six minuets and 24 National Dances from this country.
ANSWER: Poland [or Republic of Poland or Rzeczpospolita Polska] (The other composer is Maria Szymanowska.)
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