Edmond Dédé and the Unfinished Revolutions of the Atlantic World
by
Sally McKee
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
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...