CP Time: The History of Black Classical Music
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Comedy Central
4.2 • 14.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
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| 0:15.0 | Well, hello. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to CP Time. |
| 0:19.0 | The only show that's for the culture. |
| 0:22.0 | Today, we'll be discussing black classical music. |
| 0:26.0 | Now, I know you might be thinking that classical music |
| 0:29.0 | is just for old white men whose hair looks like they spend a day inside of a tornado. |
| 0:34.0 | But black musicians have an often overlooked history of contributions |
| 0:39.0 | in the classical music space. |
| 0:42.0 | Take our first musician, George Bridgetower, born in Britain in 1778. |
| 0:48.0 | George was a young musical prodigy driven into show business by his overbearing father, |
| 0:54.0 | the 18th century version of Joe Jackson. |
| 0:58.0 | Well, you better get back in there and learn that violin. |
| 1:04.0 | Before George was 10 years old, he was performing for Kings and Princes all over Europe. |
| 1:10.0 | One concert was even attended by Thomas Jefferson. |
| 1:14.0 | It's rumored that Thomas Jefferson was so impressed by the talents of this mixed race baby |
| 1:18.0 | that he was heard saying, maybe I should make one at ease for myself. |
| 1:24.0 | Bridgetower was so famous that Beethoven himself even wrote him a sonata, |
| 1:30.0 | which they performed together in 1803. |
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