The exile's song
The exile's song
About this book
"In 1855, Edmond Dédé, a free black composer from New Orleans, immigrated 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 ... Sally McKee vividly recounts the life of this extraordinary man"--Book jacket flap.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL20050324W
Subjects
ComposersAfrican American composersBiographyComposers, united statesComposers, biographyDédé, Edmond, 1827-1901Composers -- United States -- BiographyAfrican American composers -- Biography