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Edmond Dédé

Born: 27th November 1827, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died: 5th January 1901, Paris, France

Nationality: American

Edmond Dédé was an American musician and composer. A free-born Creole, he moved to Europe in 1855. He worked in Bordeaux for more than forty years, first as assistant conductor at the Grand Théâtre and then as a conductor of orchestras at other local theaters.

His compositions include works for orchestra and for various voices with orchestra or piano, as well as an opera Morgiane, for which the score was unknown until 2007. Morgiane is the earliest known opera by an African-American composer.

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