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The Exile's Song: Edmond Dédé and the Unfinished Revolutions of the Atlantic World
By Sally McKee
Hardcover
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By Sally McKee
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The extraordinary story of African American composer Edmond Dédé, raised in antebellum New Orleans, and his remarkable career in France
In 1855, Edmond Dédé, a free black composer from New Orleans, emigrated to Paris. There he trained with France’s best classical musicians and went on to spend thirty-six years in Bordeaux leading the city’s most popular orchestras. How did this African American, raised in the biggest slave market in the United States, come to compose ballets for one of the ...
In 1855, Edmond Dédé, a free black composer from New Orleans, emigrated to Paris. There he trained with France’s best classical musicians and went on to spend thirty-six years in Bordeaux leading the city’s most popular orchestras. How did this African American, raised in the biggest slave market in the United States, come to compose ballets for one of the ...