Talk:Georges Boulanger (violinist)
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George or Gheorghe Pantazi
editBoulanger was the son of the Romanian lautar of Rroma origin, Vasile Pantazi, born in Călăraşi, district Ialomita, and of his wife, born Ciobanu. His father was called Boulanger because of some physical traits which reminded the French general Boulanger, who died in 1891, especially his "barbichon". Georges Boulanger was born as George Pantazi and inherited also the father's nickname, Boulanger. The so-called originary name "Ghiţă Bulencea" was a joke used by him during a conversation with the musicologist George Sbârcea and other Romanian guests in a café in Paris in 1931. Reference:Cosma, Viorel: Lăutarii de ieri și de azi, Editura "Du Style", București (ediția a II-a, 1996 the chapter dedicated to George Boulanger, pages 251-265 Ewan2 (talk) 01:24, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
"Romani"
editThe article states Boulanger was a gypsy/Rom. And yes, his music sounds that way, but if that is true, how can he have had an active career in nazi Germany, when all of his fellow gypsies were first marginalised, then exterminated in concentration camps? Steinbach (talk) 08:33, 16 April 2016 (UTC)