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Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Quiz
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  • 1. When did Saint-Georges go on his second trip to London?
A) October 1789
B) Late June 1790
C) July 1789
D) Early in August 1789
  • 2. Who sent Saint-Georges on a secret mission to London?
A) The Prince of Wales
B) King Louis
C) Laclos
D) Marquis de La Fayette
  • 3. At which hotel did Saint-Georges stay in London?
A) Versailles Hotel
B) Grenier's
C) Jermyn Palace
D) Marine Pavilion
  • 4. Where did the Prince of Wales take Saint-Georges for a fencing match on 15 August?
A) Marine Pavilion in Brighton
B) Lille
C) Brussels
D) Newmarket
  • 5. Who persuaded the King to send the Duke of Orléans on a mission to England?
A) Marquis de La Fayette
B) Abbé Grégoire
C) Laclos
D) Brissot
  • 6. What happened on 14 October?
A) The Prince of Wales visited Brussels
B) Saint-Georges joined the Jacobins
C) Saint-Georges returned to Paris
D) The Duke of Orléans arrived in England
  • 7. Whose publications were translated for the Société des amis des Noirs during the first trip?
A) British abolitionists
B) French refugees
C) Jacobins
D) Patriotic Society of 1789
  • 8. Who stated that there was no trace of Saint-Georges meeting with British abolitionists during the second trip?
A) Laclos
B) Abbé Grégoire
C) Bardin
D) Adam Hochschild
  • 9. What political group influenced Saint-Georges the most?
A) Patriotic Society of 1789
B) Jacobins
C) Société des amis des Noirs
D) Royalist Party
  • 10. What nickname was given to the Duke of Orléans in London?
A) The Chevalier
B) The Prince of Wales
C) The Red Duke
D) The Regent
  • 11. Why was the Duke of Orléans really sent to London according to the text?
A) To serve as an ambassador
B) To get him out of the country
C) To organize a fencing match
D) To fight in the revolution
  • 12. How did Saint-Georges resolve his inability to pay his hotel bill?
A) He asked the Prince for money
B) He sold his weapons
C) He worked as a musician
D) He organized a match
  • 13. How many attackers did Saint-Georges face when walking home from Greenwich?
A) One
B) Five
C) Three
D) Ten
  • 14. What did Saint-Georges do on the night of the physical attack against him?
A) He went to a fencing tournament
B) He left for Paris
C) He played music with friends
D) He traveled to Belgium
  • 15. What is the theory regarding the motive of the attack on Saint-Georges?
A) A dispute over unpaid gambling debts
B) An assassination attempt by the Slave Trade
C) A rivalry over a woman
D) A simple robbery gone wrong
  • 16. Where did Saint-Georges decide to go after returning from Brussels?
A) Versailles
B) Brighton
C) Lille
D) London
  • 17. Who famously opposed Saint-Georges's appointment to the Paris Opéra?
A) Marie-Antoinette
B) Marie-Madeleine Guimard, Rosalie Levasseur, and Sophie Arnould
C) The Duke of Orléans
D) Denis-Pierre-Jean Papillon de la Ferté
  • 18. Who became director of the Paris Opéra instead of Saint-Georges?
A) Christoph Willibald Gluck
B) Antonio Salieri
C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D) Antoine Dauvergne
  • 19. With which instrument did the Queen accompany Saint-Georges during their musicales?
A) Harp
B) Harpsichord
C) Violin
D) Fortepiano
  • 20. What did Saint-Georges focus on composing after 1777?
A) Symphonies
B) Violin concertos
C) Opera
D) Piano sonatas
  • 21. What caused the failure of the premiere of Ernestine?
A) The music was poorly composed
B) The audience mocked a character's catchphrase
C) The lead singer fell ill
D) The theater caught fire
  • 22. With which famous composer did Saint-Georges live in 1778?
A) Gretry
B) Gluck
C) Mozart
D) Salieri
  • 23. What was the subject of Saint-Georges's second opera, La Chasse?
A) The life of the Queen
B) The Hunt
C) A revolutionary battle
D) A romantic tryst
  • 24. What was Saint-Georges's most successful opéra comique?
A) Ernestine
B) L'amant anonyme
C) Les Liaisons dangereuses
D) La Chasse
  • 25. Where did Louis Philippe provide Saint-Georges with an apartment after 1785?
A) Chaussée d'Antin
B) Palais-Royal
C) Versailles
D) A convent
  • 26. What organization did Brissot de Warville plan to model after an English society?
A) The Académie royale de Musique
B) The Comédie-Italienne
C) Les Amis des Noirs
D) The Orchestre Olympique
  • 27. At what age was Saint-Georges sent to Paris to begin musical studies?
A) Five
B) Twelve
C) Ten
D) Seven
  • 28. Whose claim that Saint-Georges studied violin with Jean-Marie Leclair was discounted by Banat?
A) Antonio Lolli
B) François-Joseph Gossec
C) Carl Stamitz
D) François-Joseph Fétis
  • 29. Which violinist arrived in Paris in 1764 and composed two concertos for Saint-Georges?
A) Pierre Gaviniès
B) Antonio Lolli
C) Jean-Marie Leclair
D) Giovanni Avoglio
  • 30. In 1766, which composer dedicated a set of six string trios, Op. 9, to Saint-Georges?
A) Carl Stamitz
B) Antoine Bailleux
C) François-Joseph Gossec
D) Joseph Haydn
  • 31. What was Saint-Georges well known for before his fame as a violinist?
A) Fencing prowess
B) Horse riding
C) Painting
D) Poetry
  • 32. What was the subject of Saint-Georges's first composition, Op. 1?
A) Six string trios
B) Six symphonies
C) Two violin concertos
D) Six string quartets
  • 33. Whose earliest quartets inspired Saint-Georges's first composition?
A) Joseph Haydn
B) Antonio Lolli
C) François-Joseph Gossec
D) Carl Stamitz
  • 34. In what year was Saint-Georges appointed concert master of the Concert des Amateurs?
A) 1771
B) 1785
C) 1764
D) 1773
  • 35. Which violinist dedicated a set of string quartets, Op. 6, to Saint-Georges in 1778?
A) Pierre Gaviniès
B) Giovanni Avoglio
C) Carl Stamitz
D) Antonio Lolli
  • 36. What was the name of the revived orchestra that performed in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal?
A) Le Concert Olympique
B) The Royal Orchestra
C) Le Concert des Amateurs
D) Concert Spirituel
  • 37. Who commissioned Haydn to compose six new symphonies in 1785?
A) Saint-Georges
B) Queen Marie Antoinette
C) Philippe d'Orléans
D) Count d'Ogny
  • 38. Which queen attended some of Saint-Georges's concerts?
A) Marie Antoinette
B) Maria Theresa
C) Anne of Austria
D) Catherine de' Medici
  • 39. In which French colony was Saint-Georges born?
A) Haiti
B) Martinique
C) Senegal
D) Guadeloupe
  • 40. Which instrument was Saint-Georges most famously associated with as a performer?
A) Violin
B) Piano
C) Flute
D) Cello
  • 41. In what year did Saint-Georges become the conductor of Le Concert des Amateurs?
A) 1781
B) 1785
C) 1766
D) 1773
  • 42. Why was Saint-Georges' appointment to conduct the Paris Opera in 1776 thwarted?
A) He lacked musical training
B) He left for England
C) Opposition from performers regarding his race
D) He was imprisoned
  • 43. During the French Revolution, which military unit did Saint-Georges lead?
A) The Royal Guard
B) Légion St.-Georges
C) The Duke of Orléans' personal army
D) Gendarme de la garde du roi
  • 44. How long was Saint-Georges imprisoned during the Reign of Terror?
A) Three months
B) At least eleven months
C) One month
D) Five years
  • 45. Who stated, 'I prefer to think of Mozart as the white Chevalier'?
A) Voltaire
B) Louis Philippe II
C) Randall Goosby
D) John Adams
  • 46. What was the name of Saint-Georges' mother?
A) Elisabeth Mérican
B) Anne Danneveau
C) Elisabeth Benedictine
D) Nanon
  • 47. At what age was Saint-Georges enrolled in a private fencing academy in Paris?
A) 21
B) 17
C) 7
D) 13
  • 48. Which figure wrote about Saint-Georges' reputation in his diary in 1779?
A) Louis XVI
B) John Adams
C) Voltaire
D) The Duke of Orléans
  • 49. In what year did Saint-Georges stop composing instrumental works?
A) 1773
B) 1785
C) 1789
D) 1799
  • 50. Which instrument did Chevalier Lamotte play in the King's orchestra?
A) Flute
B) Piano
C) Horn
D) Violin
  • 51. On what date does Bachaumont claim Saint-Georges was attacked?
A) 1 January 1779
B) 1 May 1780
C) 1 October 1789
D) 1 May 1779
  • 52. Who helped rescue Saint-Georges during his nocturnal assault?
A) The Marquis de Montalembert
B) The night watch
C) The King's orchestra
D) The Duc d'Orléans
  • 53. What weapon were the attackers reportedly using to beat Saint-Georges?
A) Sticks
B) Swords
C) Muskets
D) Daggers
  • 54. Pierre Bardin suggests the attack on Saint-Georges was actually a case of what?
A) Error on the person
B) A robbery gone wrong
C) A planned political assassination
D) A duel over a woman
  • 55. Who was the actor believed by some to be the true target or instigator of the attack?
A) Gourgaud (Dugazon)
B) Chevalier Lamotte
C) Baron Gillier
D) Comte de Saint-Julien
  • 56. What is the name of the opera composed by Saint-Georges in which Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre made her debut?
A) La Guimard
B) Ernestine
C) Journal d'un bourgeois
D) The Night Watch
  • 57. Where was the exhibition match held before the Prince of Wales?
A) Carlton House
B) Théâtre des Italiens
C) Palais-Royal
D) Hôtel de Soubise
  • 58. What was the age of La Chevalière d'Éon during her match with Saint-Georges?
A) 59
B) 42
C) 35
D) 65
  • 59. Who painted the portrait of Saint-Georges that was presented to Henry Angelo?
A) Mather Brown
B) Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau
C) Jacques Necker
D) Madame de Genlis
  • 60. For which theater did Saint-Georges write the music for 'The Chestnut Vendor'?
A) Concert Olympique
B) Théâtre Beaujolais
C) Carlton House
D) Théâtre des Italiens
  • 61. Who was appointed conductor of the Concert Olympique while Saint-Georges was away?
A) Henry Angelo
B) Domenico Angelo
C) Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau
D) Jean-Baptiste Viotti
  • 62. Which French politician did Saint-Georges hear speak about the slave trade on 5 May 1789?
A) Brissot
B) Philippe d'Orléans
C) Choderlos de Laclos
D) Jacques Necker
  • 63. How did Saint-Georges refer to himself after the abolition of feudalism?
A) Chevalier
B) Captain
C) Monsieur
D) Citoyen
  • 64. What was the Théâtre Beaujolais primarily used for?
A) Fencing exhibitions
B) A marionette theater for children
C) Political speeches
D) Opera performances for adults
  • 65. On what date did the fencing tournament take place in Lille's municipal ballroom?
A) 8 July 1791
B) 12 July 1790
C) 10 July 1790
D) 8 July 1790
  • 66. What was the medical diagnosis for Saint-Georges' illness in Lille?
A) Brain fever
B) Tuberculosis
C) Smallpox
D) Influenza
  • 67. Who idolized Saint-Georges since she was fifteen years old?
A) The commandant of Tournai
B) Lamothe
C) The citizens of Lille
D) Louise Fusil
  • 68. Which composer does Louise Fusil compare Saint-Georges' improvisational style to?
A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Hector Berlioz
C) Joseph Haydn
D) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • 69. What happened to the music and libretto of Saint-Georges' opera 'Guillome tout Coeur'?
A) They were sold to the Duke of Orléans
B) They were burned in the French Revolution
C) They are preserved in the Lille archives
D) They were lost
  • 70. At which location did Saint-Georges' volunteer company hold the line against Austrian artillery?
A) Baisieux
B) Lille
C) Paris
D) Koblenz
  • 71. Who attempted to seize the city of Lille on 2 April 1793?
A) Dumouriez
B) General Dillon
C) Robespierre
D) Jozef Miaczinsky
  • 72. When was Saint-Georges released from prison?
A) 25 October 1795
B) 24 October 1794
C) 17 September 1793
D) 15 May 1795
  • 73. To whom did Saint-Georges address his failed petition for reinstatement in 1797?
A) Rewbell
B) Robespierre
C) Napoleon
D) Lafayette
  • 74. Which leader was sent to investigate Dumouriez on 20 March 1793?
A) Louis XVI
B) Napoleon
C) Danton
D) Lafayette
  • 75. Which French colony was the origin of the free men of color who petitioned for a military legion?
A) Saint-Domingue
B) Guadeloupe
C) French Guiana
D) Martinique
  • 76. Which historical figure did some biographers claim Saint-Georges met in Saint-Domingue?
A) Toussaint Louverture
B) Julien Raimond
C) Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
D) Jacques Pierre Brissot
  • 77. How many rifles was a newspaper rumored to have reported Saint-Georges bringing to Martinique?
A) 10,000
B) 20,000
C) 5,000
D) 15,000
  • 78. Who suggested that Saint-Georges should be taken to Saint-Domingue during the civil war?
A) Louise Fusil
B) Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
C) Lionel de La Laurencie
D) Julien Raimond
  • 79. When did Saint-Georges' mother die?
A) 29 March 1796
B) 11 April 1797
C) 16 December 1795
D) July 1798
  • 80. For whom did Saint-Georges and the horn player Lamothe give a concert in 1796?
A) Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
B) Julien Raimond
C) Jacques Pierre Brissot
D) Carl Stamitz
  • 81. Where did the new ensemble perform?
A) Palais Royal
B) Saint-Domingue
C) Martinique
D) London
  • 82. At what age did Saint-Georges die?
A) 55
B) 53
C) 49
D) 51
  • 83. In what month and year did Saint-Georges die?
A) June 1791
B) May 1797
C) July 1799
D) June 1799
  • 84. According to La Boëssière fils, what secondary condition set in due to Saint-Georges' neglected ulcer?
A) Infection
B) Gangrene
C) Sepsis
D) Fever
  • 85. Who was the friend that cared for Saint-Georges in his final days?
A) J.S.A. Cuvelier
B) Captain Nicholas Duhamel
C) General Miaczinsky
D) La Boëssière fils
  • 86. According to J.S.A. Cuvelier, what was the date of Saint-Georges' death?
A) 21 Germinal
B) 21 Brumaire
C) 21 Thermidor
D) 21 Prairial
  • 87. How long did Saint-Georges suffer from the fever described by Cuvelier?
A) Three days
B) A month
C) A week
D) Two months
  • 88. What was Captain Nicholas Duhamel's role in relation to General Miaczinsky?
A) Secretary
B) Bodyguard
C) Nephew
D) Aide-de-camp
  • 89. Which Beyoncé song from the 2024 album Cowboy Carter quotes a Saint-Georges composition?
A) Texas Hold 'Em
B) Daughter
C) Bodyguard
D) 16 Carriages
  • 90. Who portrayed Chevalier de Saint-Georges in the 2022 biographical film 'Chevalier'?
A) Orville Breeveld
B) Marlon Daniel
C) Kelvin Harrison Jr.
D) Quinton Morris
  • 91. Who created a short film about Saint-Georges?
A) Orville Breeveld
B) Kelvin Harrison Jr.
C) Quinton Morris
D) Marlon Daniel
  • 92. What is the name of the Dutch NTR documentary series that highlights Saint-Georges?
A) Gemiste Sterren
B) Nieuwe Blik Terug
C) Chevalier Lives
D) Black European History
  • 93. What is the title of the Dutch-language podcast series about overlooked Black composers produced by Breeveld?
A) Europese Componisten
B) Nieuwe Blik Terug
C) Gemiste Sterren
D) Chevalier Podcast
  • 94. In which city did the 'Nieuwe Blik Terug' keynote concert take place?
A) Guadeloupe
B) Paris
C) Amsterdam
D) Brussels
  • 95. Who co-founded the Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges?
A) Quinton Morris
B) Marlon Daniel
C) Kelvin Harrison Jr.
D) Orville Breeveld
  • 96. In what year was the Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges formalized?
A) 2016
B) 2011
C) 2018
D) 2023
  • 97. When did the Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges have its first full iteration?
A) 2018
B) 2011
C) 2021
D) 2016
  • 98. Which historian described the festival as a means of widening access to classical music in a 2023 account?
A) Olivette Otele
B) Marlon Daniel
C) Orville Breeveld
D) Quinton Morris
  • 99. Where was Saint-Georges buried?
A) Le Marais
B) Cimetière Sainte-Marguerite
C) Palais Royal
D) Rue Saint André des Arts
  • 100. How many violin concertos did Saint-Georges write?
A) Eight
B) Six
C) Twelve
D) Two
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