Music
Classical Music in Louisiana
Louisiana has boasted a rich classical music traditional since early European exploration and settlement.
Louisiana has boasted a rich classical music traditional since early European exploration and settlement.
Edmond Dédé was a prominent African-American musician and composer in born in New Orleans in the nineteenth century.
Composer and cellist Joseph Arquier lived in New Orleans between 1800 and 1804.
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is the only musician-owned and collaboratively managed full-time symphony orchestra in the United States.
The National Theatre, built in 1866 on the corner of Baronne and Perdido Streets in New Orleans, was an important music venue in the city during the late nineteenth century.
Founded in 1936, the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony permanently suspended operations in 1991.
New Orleans has an almost unbroken tradition of opera that began in 1796 and first documented ballet was presented just three years later.
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