The Romantic Generation
by Charles Rosen
Period: Romantic
Born: Tuesday, November 20, 1827 in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)
Died: 1903 in Paris, France
Nation of Origin: United States
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Edmond Dede (1827-1903) was an African American composer and violinist of the Creole Romantic school. Racism in his native New Orleans forced him to flee to France. There he attended the Paris Conservatory of Music, and conducted an orchestra in exile for 27 years.
Essay contributed by:
Bill Zick
General Bibliography:
Blume, Friedrich, with M. D. Norton (Translator) and Herter Norton (Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN: 0393098680
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Einstein, Alfred. Music in the Romantic Era, W. W. Norton & Company, December 1947, ISBN: 0393097331
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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