George Bridgetower, unsigned watercolour, 1800.
George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (11 October 1778 – 29 February 1860) was a British musician, of African descent. He was a virtuoso violinist who lived in England for much of his life.[1] His playing impressed Beethoven, who made Bridgetower the original dedicatee of his Kreutzer Sonata after they presented its premiere performance.
- ^ Wight, C. "Bridgetower's early years". Bl.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2020.