- Saint-Georges’ 2 Symphonies, Op. 11 were published by Parisian publisher De la Chevardiere in 1799, the year of death (he died on June 9, 1799).1
- Op. 11 No. 2 is the overture to L’amant anonyme.
- The title page of the publication reports that these two symphonies were performed by the Concert des Amateurs, the orchestra which Saint-Georges directed.
- In their foreword to the Artaria edition of this symphony, Allen Badley and Reuben Blundell compare this work’s style to that of Haydn.2 Saint-Georges commissioned and conducted Haydn’s “Paris” Symphonies.3
- The composer’s Oxford Music Online article (updated 2001) posits that this symphony is spurious, but does not expand upon how this decision was reached. The Artaria edition of this symphony does attribute it to Saint-Georges. (I do not currently have access to enough sources to reach a personal conclusion about this issue.)
Sources
- Gabriel Banat, “Saint-Georges [Saint-George], Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 21, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000024316.
- Allan Badley and Reuben Blundell, foreword to Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Symphony in G, Op. 11 No. 1, ed. Blundell (Hong Kong: Artaria, 2021), iv.
- Banat, “Saint-Georges [Saint-George], Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de,” Grove Music Online.
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