Taiwan 🇹🇼 Blue-Magpie 🦚

🇹🇼   Taiwan Blue-Magpie   🦚

Birds of the World

 Urocissa Caerulea 🐦Formosan Blue
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The Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan magpie, Formosan blue magpie (Chinese: 臺灣藍鵲; pinyin: Táiwān lán què), or the "long-tailed mountain lady" (Chinese: 長尾山娘; pinyin: Chángwěi shānniáng; Taiwanese Hokkien: Tn̂g-boé soaⁿ-niû), is a bird species in the crow family. It is endemic to Taiwan.

 

Distribution and habitat
The Taiwan blue magpie is endemic to Taiwan. It lives in broadleaf forests at elevations of 300–1,200 m (980–3,940 ft).
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Behavior
Taiwan blue magpies are not very afraid of people. They can be found near human residences in the mountains or newly cultivated lands. They are gregarious and are usually found in groups of three to twelve. The birds often fly in a line, following each other. This is sometimes called "long-tailed formation".
Similar to other members of the crow family, they have a raucous call which is described as a high-pitched cackling chatter, kyak-kyak-kyak-kyak. Other calls include ga-kang, ga-kang, kwee-eep and gar-suee.

Taiwan Blue Magpie

Enjoyed Touching by Birders
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Relationship with humans
Taiwan blue magpie is the sacred bird of Taiwan aborigine Tsou, Thao, and Bunun peoples. The sacred bird is called Teofsi'za in Tsou, Fitfit in Thao, and Haipis (Isbukun group) / Kaipis in Bunun. In the common great flood myths of Taiwan Austronesian peoples, in Tsou, Thao, and Bunun sagas, the last surviving peoples escaped from the great flood to high mountain summits as the last refuge. The sacred bird Taiwan blue magpie sacrificed itself and helped the peoples to carry the last fire tinder from Yu Shan summit back to the peoples. (in some versions of the sagas, the sacred bird is considered to be black bulbul.
Taiwan blue magpies have attacked humans to defend their nests. Taiwan blue magpies are sometimes illegally captured by humans, but the number of cases of this seems to have decreased.
In the 2007 National Bird Voting Campaign held by the Taiwan International Birding Association, there were over 1 million votes cast from 53 countries.  The Taiwan blue magpie defeated the Mikado pheasant in the vote, but the vote was not formally accepted.
In 2017 China Airlines unveiled a Taiwan blue magpie paint scheme on an Airbus A350. The aircraft was the 100th A350 produced by Airbus.
The AIDC XAT-5 Blue Magpie advanced jet trainer is named after the Taiwan blue magpie.

Nature's Beautiful Wildlife:

Taiwan Blue Magpie
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https://youtu.be/cfMQlbXcLqY

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_blue_magpie

How To Make🥧Leftover Thanksgiving🦃Turkey Pot Pie

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🦃Thanksgiving Turkey Pot Pie🥧
by Christine Gallary

1. Yield Serves 4
2. Prep time 20 minutes
3. Cook time 40 minutes to 45 minutes

Regardless of the size of your Thanksgiving gathering, one thing is always true: There will be leftovers. Some people, like my husband’s family, like the leftovers almost as much as the dinner themselves and roast the largest turkey they can so that there can be days of turkey sandwiches. Me? I tire quickly of eating the same foods, but what I do enjoy is making them over into something new and equally delicious.

Turkey pot pie is one of those magical makeovers: If you made turkey, gravy, pie, and anything with herbs and mirepoix, then you actually have all the ingredients you’ll need to make a fresh-tasting dinner that’s just as good as the Thanksgiving meal itself. Here’s how to make this American classic, plus some tips on saving time with the prep (because you’ll probably be burned out with cooking after turkey day).

How to Make Turkey Pot Pie

1. This version of turkey pot pie is baked in a cast iron skillet (or any straight-sided large skillet) so that you can cook the filling in the pan on the stove-top, then continue baking right in the same pan. If you don’t have an oven-safe skillet, you can make the filling in a frying pan and pour it into a baking dish before topping with the crust and baking.
2. The filling starts with sautéing carrots, onions, and celery with a little thyme, then building a white sauce with some butter, flour, and a combination of broth and milk. Cooked turkey and a big handful of frozen peas get stirred into the filling before it’s topped with a pie crust, and a few slits are cut into the crust to let some of the steam vent out. Since the filling is already cooked, the pot pie just needs to bake until bubbling and the crust is golden-brown, about 20 minutes.

Some Tips for Prepping Turkey Pot Pie

My absolute favorite part of making turkey pot pie is that you don’t really have to buy any ingredients that you wouldn’t already be getting for Thanksgiving. It also means that if you have the time, you can prep a lot of the ingredients at the same time you’re already prepping for Thanksgiving dinner.

1. Veggies and herbs: Dice up extra onion, carrot, and celery when you’re prepping them for stuffing or stock; pick some fresh thyme leaves or feel free to just use dried thyme instead.
2. Broth: If you’re already making turkey broth for gravy, set aside 1 1/2 cups, or plan to turn that roast turkey carcass into stock the day after Thanksgiving. It’s also okay to just pick up some store-bought chicken broth.
3. Pie crust: Make an extra pie crust if you’re going the homemade route for your dessert pies and refrigerate or freeze it until you’re ready for pot pie. If you hate making pie crust, just add another refrigerated store-bought crust to the shopping list.
4. Turkey: Turkey shreds best when it’s still warm, so shred three cups right after Thanksgiving dinner and pack it away (and label it!) separately from the rest of the turkey. That way, you know you have enough stashed away for pot pie and everyone can eat the remaining turkey however they want.

If you get all these components taken care of, it’s amazing how quickly turkey pot pie can get onto the dinner table. But even if you have to do some chopping and prepping, it’s worth it to turn all these Thanksgiving ingredients and leftovers into a warming dinner that everyone will look forward to. Who knows: They may even request turkey pot pie again when it’s nowhere close to Thanksgiving.

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Ingredients

• 12 ounces boneless, skinless cooked turkey (about 3 cups)
• 1/2 medium yellow onion
• 2 small or 1 1/2 medium carrots
• 2 small or 1 1/2 medium stalks celery
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves, or 3/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 3 tablespoons  unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups low-sodium turkey or chicken broth
• 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole or 2% milk, plus more for brushing
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more as needed
• 1/2 cup  frozen peas
• 1 store-bought or homemade pie crust, thawed if frozen

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Equipment

• 10-inch cast-iron or ovensafe straight-sided skillet
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Wooden spoon
• Chef’s knife and cutting board
• Rolling pin (optional)
• Pastry brush
• Vegetable peeler

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Instructions

1. Heat the oven. Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat the oven to 400ºF.
2. Shred the turkey. Shred or dice 12 ounces cooked turkey (about 3 cups).
3. Prepare the vegetables. Prepare the following, placing them all in the same bowl: Dice 1/2 medium yellow onion (about 3/4 cup). Peel 2 small or 1 1/2 medium carrots, then thinly slice crosswise (about 3/4 cup). Thinly slice 2 small or 1 1/2 medium celery stalks crosswise (about 3/4 cup). Strip the leaves from fresh thyme sprigs until you have 1 1/2 teaspoons. (If using dried thyme, use 3/4 teaspoon.)
4. Sauté the vegetables. Melt 3 tablespoons unsalted butter in a 10-inch cast iron or oven-safe straight-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is tender, 5 to 6 minutes.
5. Make the sauce. Sprinkle in 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Add 1 1/2 cups chicken or turkey broth, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole or 2% milk, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Cook, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until it comes to a simmer and starts to thicken. Let simmer for 2 minutes more.
6. Stir in the turkey and peas. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the turkey and 1/2 cup frozen peas and stir to combine. Taste and season with more kosher salt and black pepper as needed.
7. Cover with pie crust. If needed, roll out 1 pie dough into a round about 10 inches in diameter. Transfer over the filling. Brush with a thin layer of milk. Use a sharp knife to cut 4 (1-inch) slits in the top of the crust to vent.
8. Bake until bubbling and golden brown. Bake until the filling is bubbling and the crust is golden-brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe Notes
Baking in a baking dish: If you don’t have an ovensafe skillet, make the filling in a large frying pan, then transfer to an 8 or 9-inch square baking dish. Proceed with topping with the pie dough and baking.

Make ahead: The filling can be made up to 2 days ahead without the peas and refrigerated. Reheat in the skillet until warmed through, stir in the peas, and proceed with topping with the pie crust and baking.

Storage: Leftovers can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 4 days.

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Per serving, based on 4 servings. (% daily value)

• Calories 643
• Fat 30.0 g (46.2%)
• Saturated 13.4 g (66.9%)
• Carbs 52.1 g (17.4%)
• Fiber 3.7 g (14.7%)
• Sugars 8.1 g
• Protein 39.5 g (79.1%)
• Sodium 987.8 mg (41.2%)

https://www.thekitchn.com/turkey-pot-pie-23100723

Christine Gallary  Food Editor-at-Large

Christine graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France, and she has worked at Cook's Illustrated and CHOW.com. She lives in San Francisco and loves teaching cooking classes. Follow her latest culinary escapades on Instagram.

  updated Oct 6, 2022

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Paris Opéra 🎼 Palais Garnier 🩰

Palais Garnier 🎼 Opéra de Paris

A Journey into its Inception and History

In the tradition of Italian theater, the horseshoe-shaped "French" auditorium, so-called for the way the seats are arranged according to their category, was designed for the audience to see and to be seen.
Its metallic structure, hidden by marble, stucco, velvet and gilding, supports the weight of the 8-ton bronze and crystal chandelier with its 340 lights. The ceiling painted by Marc Chagall and commissioned by the Minister of Culture André Malraux was inaugurated on September 23, 1964.

After your visit why not walk a couple of blocks to the rooftop of Le Printemps. A famous chic french department store where a spectacular view of Paris awaits you the perfect finale to a spectacular day.

Opéra Garnier 4K
Inside Paris Opéra

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https://youtu.be/jWk2taHjrqo?si=kFGrPxvdRCU2Pmye

The Palais Garnier -  also known as Opéra Garnier is a historic 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor Napoleon III. Initially referred to as le nouvel Opéra de Paris (the new Paris Opera), it soon became known as the Palais Garnier, "in acknowledgment of its extraordinary opulence" and the architect Charles Garnier's plans and designs, which are representative of the Napoleon III style. It was the primary theatre of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when a new opera house, the Opéra Bastille, opened at the Place de la Bastille. The company now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet. The theatre has been a monument historique of France since 1923.

Welcome at the Palais Garnier

The Palais Garnier has been called "probably the most famous opera house in the world, a symbol of Paris like Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, or the Sacré Coeur Basilica". This is at least partly due to its use as the setting for Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and, especially, the novel's subsequent adaptations in films and the popular 1986 musical. Another contributing factor is that among the buildings constructed in Paris during the Second Empire, besides being the most expensive, it has been described as the only one that is "unquestionably a masterpiece of the first rank".

The Palais Garnier also houses the Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera Library-Museum), which is managed by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and is included in unaccompanied tours of the Palais Garnier. 

Architecture and Style

The opera was constructed in what Charles Garnier (1825–1898) is said to have told the Empress Eugenie was "Napoleon III" style The Napoleon III style was highly eclectic, and borrowed from many historical sources; the opera house included elements from the Baroque, the classicism of Palladio, and Renaissance architecture blended together. These were combined with axial symmetry and modern techniques and materials, including the use of an iron framework, which had been pioneered in other Napoleon III buildings, including the Bibliothèque Nationale and the markets of Les Halles.

Paris Opéra Palais Garnier

Immersive 360° Tour 4K  🇫🇷

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https://youtu.be/jWk2taHjrqo?si=kFGrPxvdRCU2Pmye

Celebrating 350 Years of Paris's Iconic Opera

This week, we're taking you on a tour of one of Paris's most iconic sites, as we mark the 350th anniversary of France's Opera. Created by the Sun King Louis XIV in 1669, the world's first permanent dance academy consists today of both the Garnier Palace, inaugurated in 1875, and the 30-year-old Bastille Opera.

L'opéra Garnier, ou palais Garnier, est un théâtre national qui a la vocation d'être une académie de musique, de chorégraphie et de poésie lyrique ; il est un élément majeur du patrimoine du 9^e arrondissement de Paris et de la capitale. Il est situé place de l'Opéra, à l'extrémité nord de l'avenue de l'Opéra et au carrefour de nombreuses voies.

L'édifice s'impose comme un monument particulièrement représentatif de l'architecture éclectique et du style historiciste de la seconde moitié du XIX^e siècle. Sur une conception de l'architecte Charles Garnier retenue à la suite d’un concours, sa construction, décidée par Napoléon III dans le cadre des transformations de Paris menées par le préfet Haussmann et interrompue par la guerre de 1870, fut reprise au début de la Troisième République, après la destruction par incendie de l'opéra Le Peletier en 1873. Le bâtiment est inauguré le 5 janvier 1875 par le président Mac Mahon sous la III^e République.

Garnier 🎼 Paris Opéra

Cet opéra a été appelé « opéra de Paris » jusqu'en 1989, date à laquelle l'ouverture de l'opéra Bastille, également opéra de Paris, a influé sur son appellation. On le désigne désormais par le seul nom de son architecte : « opéra Garnier » ou « palais Garnier ». Les deux opéras sont aujourd'hui regroupés au sein de l'établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial « Opéra national de Paris », institution publique française dont la mission est de mettre en œuvre la représentation de spectacles lyriques ou de ballet, de haute qualité artistique.

L'opéra Garnier est classé monument historique depuis le 16 octobre 1923. Il est accessible par le métro (station Opéra), par le RER (ligne A, gare d'Auber) et par le réseau de bus RATP.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_Garnier

               

Ancestor of 🌽Thanksgiving 🦃 Food

Ancestor of  Thanksgiving Food

by Adam Cole - NPR

Thousands of years of human breeding transformed wild species into the domesticated varieties we enjoy every year. 

Most of these foods were originally found in the Americas.

The original domesticated carrots were purple. Carrots were bred to be orange by Dutch farmers in the 17th century, and then used as a political symbol of the ruling family - the House of Orange.

The ancestors of pumpkins were mainly eaten by mastodons and giant sloths - they were too bitter for smaller animals to stomach.

Turkeys were bred to have white plumage so their skin would be more uniform in color.

The Evolution of Thanksgiving Dinner
While Thanksgiving has always been about gratitude and togetherness, the feast hasn’t been so consistent. 

Here’s a look back at turkey day’s past and what the meal has looked like over the years.

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https://youtu.be/8idxGWZCcDw

              
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Edmond Dédé🎂Birthday🎻Nov. 20

🎼 Edmond Dédé 🎻

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Creole 🇭🇹 African American 🇺🇸 Composer, Violinist & Conductor 🇫🇷

🎂 Birthday 🍰 November 20 🎊

 

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1827, Dédé picked up the clarinet from his father, a bandmaster in a local military band. He switched to the violin, which soon became Dédé’s instrument of choice as he developed into a musical prodigy. 

Apprenticing under prominent New Orleans musicians, Dédé left home for Mexico to escape the increasing racial prejudice in the American South.

He returned home in 1851 and published “Mon Pauvre Cœur.” He worked briefly to save money before leaving again to continue his classical studies in France. 

In the late 1850s, he landed a position at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, where his creativity thrived. He also worked at the Théâtre de l'Alcazar and the Folies Bordelaises. 

 💘  Mon Pauvre Cœur  💘

Composer:  Edmond Dede
Artist:  Emily Eagen
Orchestra:  Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:  Richard Rosenberg

His Ballets, Operettas, Overtures, and over 250 Songs achieved massive success in France yet gained little traction in the U.S. In 1893, en route to his only musical appearance back in New Orleans, Dédé lost his favorite Cremona violin in a shipwreck but managed to find a replacement just in time for his performance!

Despite living in a time of severe racial discrimination, Dédé’s talent led him to become a world-class composer. 

Most of Dédé’s sheet music is preserved in the National Library of France and several American universities. His story continues to inspire contemporary classical musicians to take pride in their heritage and honor the contributions of musicians from historically overlooked communities.

 

The melody to his 1851 composition “Mon Pauvre Cœur” (My Poor Heart) remains one of the oldest surviving pieces of sheet music by a Black Creole composer in New Orleans.

 💘  Mon Pauvre Cœur  💘

Edmond Dédé -  published 1852.

🇫🇷  Mon Pauvre Cœur   💘	🇺🇸   My Poor Heart 💘
Quand je te vois oh! ma blonde creole!	When I see you, oh! My blond creole!
Sur ton balcon,	On your balcony
Oh! je crois voir une vive aureole	Oh! I believe I see a lively halo
Orner ton front	Ornating your face
Divine enfant chaque jour je t'implore	Holy child each day I implore you
Avec ardeur	With ardor
De partager la flame qui dévore	To share the flame that consumes
Mon pauvre coeur.	My poor heart.
Si tu voulais malgré ton Opulence,	If you would like, notwithstanding your opulence,
N'aimmer que moi:	To love only me:
Tu me dirais pour calmer ma souffrance	You should tell me so,  to relieve my suffering
Je suis à toi	I am here for you...
Ecoute moi charmante et chére idole,	Listen to me cherished idol
écoute moi	Listen to me
Quand je te dis que mon âme s'envole	When I tell you that my soul takes wing
Toujours vers toi!	Always towards you
Toujours vers toi!	Always towards you!
J'ai trop souffert, je n'ai plus d'espérance	I have suffered too much. I have no more hope
Dans l'avenir	For the future.
J'ai trop souffert, dan ma courte existence	I have suffered too much in my short existence.
Je veux mourir	I want to die.
Après ma mort viens ma douce colombe	After my death, come sweet dove
Sur me malheurs	For my unhappiness,
Viens quelques fois sur ma fosse ou ma tombe	Come to my grave or my tomb sometime
Verser des pleurs!	To pour out your tears!
Verser des pleurs!	To pour out your tears!

https://youtu.be/5IvugcwMc_8

Edmond Dédé
The Classical Composer

A free-born Creole, he moved to Europe to study in Paris in 1855 and settled in France. His compositions include Quasimodo Symphony, Le Palmier Overture, Le Serment de L'Arabe and Patriotisme.

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https://youtu.be/QgmQfmtIMA4

Edmond Dédé (1827-1903)
Creole African American Composer, Violinist & Conductor

Edmond Dédé a Creole was born on November 20, 1827, in New Orleans and died in 1903, in Paris. He was a free-born Creole musician and composer. He moved to Europe to study in Paris in 1857 and settled in France. His compositions include Quasimodo Symphony, Le Palmier Overture, Le Sermente de L'Arabe and Patriotisme. 

He served for 27 years as the conductor of the orchestra at the Théatre l'Alcazar in Paris.
Dédé's parents had arrived in New Orleans from the French West Indies around 1809, after the Haitian Revolution. His father was a militia unit bandmaster. 🇭🇹

As a boy, Dédé first learned the clarinet, but soon switched to the violin, on which he was considered a child prodigy. He would later go on to perform compositions of his own as well as those by Rodolphe Kreutzer, a favored composer of his. Dédé's teachers in his youth included violinists Constantin Debergue a local free black violinist and director of the local Philharmonic Society founded by free Creoles of color sometime in the late antebellum period and Italian-born Ludovico Gabici, who was the director of the St. Charles Theater Orchestra. He was taught music theory by Eugène Prévost French-born winner of the 1831 Prix de Rome and conductor of the orchestra at the Théâtre d'Orléans in the French Quarter and New York-born free black musician Charles Richard Lambert, the father of Sidney and Charles Lucien Lambert.

Rodolphe Kreutzer
Dédé's instruction from Ludovico Gabici ended when white hostility towards musicians of color forced him to flee to Mexico. He continued his studies there. When he eventually returned to the US around 1852, he worked as a cigar maker, saving money to be able to travel to Europe. In 1852 Dédé's melody Mon pauvre coeur appeared. It is the oldest surviving piece of sheet music by a New Orleans Creole of color. He supplemented his income from music with what today would be characterized as his day job: he was a cigar maker, as were a number of other local musicians.
The Paris Conservatoire
He went first to Belgium, then Paris, where he managed to obtain an ultimately successful audition at the Paris Conservatoire in 1857. He studied at the Conservatoire with Jean Delphin Alard and Jacques-François Halevy. His other instructor was noted French violinist and teacher Jean Delphin Alard.

In 1864 Dédéhe married a white Frenchwoman, Sylvie Leflet, and settled in Bordeaux. 

They had one son, Eugene Arcade Dédé. He became a classical music composer as well.

The Theatre l'Alcazar in Paris
Edmond Dédé served for 27 years as the conductor of the orchestra at the Theatre l'Alcazar in Paris. He also conducted light music performances at the Folies Bordelaises.

Folies Bordelaises
Samuel Snaer, Jr. (1835–1900), an African-American conductor and musician, conducted the first performance in New Orleans of Dédé's Quasimodo Symphony. It was premiered on the night of May 10, 1865 in the New Orleans Theater to a large audience of prominent free people of color of New Orleans and Northern whites. Dédé was not present at this performance. Patrons and music critics alike regarded the concert a great success.
After settling in Bordeaux in 1864, Dédé returned to New Orleans only once, in 1893, to give a performance. During his journey to the United States, Dédé lost his precious Cremona violin. Forced to use a different instrument, Dédé still performed to accolades. Dédé introduced two new songs in New Orleans, one of which, Patriotisme, he regarded as his farewell to New Orleans, for in it he laments his destiny to live far away because of "implacable prejudice" at home. The song is a setting of a poem of the same name, written by the African American historian Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes (1849-1928).
The Societé des Jeunes Amis hall a wood-framed 19th century black Creole fraternal headquarter building
Grateful for receiving honorary membership in the Société des Jeunes-Amis, a leading local social group composed mostly of Creoles of color of antebellum free background, but weary of the increasing inconveniences and indignities of racial segregation, Dédé returned to France and became a full member of the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers in 1894.

Edmond Dédé died in 1903 in Paris. Many of his compositions have been preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris and were not rediscovered until the 1980's.
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Comments:
👉Wow! What an amazing story! It breaks my heart to know that there were so many black musicians who never had an opportunity to play the music they heard in their heads...too poor and disenfranchised to own an instrument.

👉 Seems he had a great instrument that most professional violinists would love to own, myself included. Thank goodness for parts of Europe less bigoted than the US and most other countries.

Edmond Dédé 

Work: Chicago, Grande valse à l'Américaine (1891)
Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Rosenberg

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https://youtu.be/IujKalK_18o

Lyne Lucien.

Today’s Doodle was illustrated by Brooklyn, NY-based Guest Artist Q&A Lyne Lucien. 🇭🇹
Below, she shares her thoughts behind the making of this Doodle:

Q. Why was this topic meaningful to you personally?
A. As a Haitian-American artist, I took pride in depicting Edmond Dédé, an incredible artist of Haitian descendant. Through his music compositions, he captured the joyful and vibrant spirit present in Haitian culture. Dédé’s revolutionary music compositions reminded me of my childhood growing up in Port-au-Prince, which was colored in passion and spirit.

Q. What were your first thoughts when you were approached about working on this Doodle?
A. I felt very honored to have the opportunity to pay tribute to one of the greatest composers in history. I think we need more visibility on our black heroes. Edmond Dédé paved the way for so many black musicians in New Orleans, France, and the U.S. I was humbled to have a part in sharing in his legacy.

Q. Did you draw inspiration from anything in particular for this Doodle?
A. I drew from Haitian Paysan art, a style which captures people in all of their vibrancy as they are. I wanted to capture Dédé in all of his glory. Like most artists, his genius was well before his time and he didn’t receive the necessary praise that he deserved. I wanted to honor his legacy by depicting him through the lens of his heritage. I draw from Haitian art because Haitians are resilient. Dédé overcame a lot of hatred and controversy to create his art. His resiliency coupled with joy is definitive of the Haitian spirit.

Q. What message do you hope people take away from your Doodle?
A. I hope that Dédé’s journey inspires others to chase their dreams no matter what hurdles they may experience. He is perhaps one of the greatest composers of our time. I admire that he relentlessly explored his curiosity. He was true to his craft and fearless in exploring his talents in a time where black men had limited opportunities. I want to honor Edmond Dédé and contribute to his legacy as one of the greatest composers in history.

1.   https://getpocket.com/read/3485935287
2. https://www.google.com/doodles/edmond-dedes-194th-birthday?utm_source=pocket_mylist
3. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Edmond+D%C3%A9d%C3%A9%27s 

Edmond Dédé

My Poor Heart
Artist:  Emily Eagen
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Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra.
Richard Rosenberg.
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https://youtu.be/GBbP06wqonw

🇫🇷  20 Novembre 2021 🇺🇸  

Il y a 194 ans naissait Edmond Dédé
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https://youtu.be/4NhsWvJig5Q

Edmond Dédé: The Classical Composer You've Never Heard Of
https://www.wwno.org/podcast/tripod-new-orleans-at-300/2018-07-19/edmond-dede-the-classical-composer-youve-never-heard-of
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Five Essential Symphonies by Black Composers
https://www.classicalwcrb.org/2022-02-25/five-essential-symphonies-by-black-composers 

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https://artsongalliance.org/composers/edmond-dede