Published on
Feb 3, 2025
After 138 years, a Black composer’s magnum opus finds a stage
Until recently, the music of Morgiane only existed in a single handwritten manuscript. Composer Edmond Dédé, a Black American living in exile in France, completed the nearly 550-page score in 1887. He thought of it as his greatest achievement. But the four …
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