Dédé embarqua sur ce Navire pour revenir à la Nouvelle Orléans.
Il subit une tempête au cours de laquelle le Compositeur perdit son violon, un CREMONA.
 Edmund Dede |
The birth of Edmund Dédé in 1829 is celebrated on this date. He was an African-American violinist and composer.
The son of free Black West Indian parents, Dédé first studied the violin in New Orleans then in Mexico. In 1850, he left for Paris, completing his musical education and beginning a career that lasted for nearly fifty years. As a violinist, musical director and composer, Dédé developed a considerable reputation abroad.
He composed Mon pauvre coeur: Mélodie 1852, Le Serment de l’Arabe: Chant dramatique, 1865 and Chicago: Grande valse à l’américaine, 1892. He returned to New Orleans only briefly in the winter of 1893-94 for a series of successful concerts. Edmund Dédé died in 1903.
Reference:
Contemporary Black Biography, various volumes
Edited by Shirelle Phelps
Copyright 1999 by Gale Research, Detroit, London
ISBN 0-7876-1275-8
Visitez aussi aussi le site de nos voisins de louisiane : http://www.frenchcreoles.com/frontpage.html
Et le site de Bill ZICK, sans doute le plus complet même si nous ne sommes pas en accord sur la date de naissance :
Guadeloupe Attitude 
