The Philadelphia Orchestra recorded the symphonies of the early-twentieth-century Black composer Florence Price. The National Symphony did the same for the modernist George Walker. The Metropolitan ...
Many historians say that “Morgiane” is the oldest existing opera written by a Black American. The most important work of composer Edmond Dédé ... music at the Paris Conservatoire and ...
"Morgiane" was the magnum opus of New Orleans-born composer Edmond Dede. The opera, based on themes from ... In France, he studied music at the Paris Conservatoire and performed at Bordeaux's ...