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Edmond Dede

1827 – 1903

Born and raised in New Orleans, Edmond Dédé was a pioneering African-American classical violinist, conductor and composer whose best known compositions include The Quasimodo Symphony, and Patriotisme . spent his entire professional career in France, returning only once to New Orleans.

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