DESDUNES, RUDOLPHE LUCIEN
(1849–1928)> WRITER
DESDUNES, RUDOLPHE LUCIEN. Writer (15 November 1849 in New Orleans, Louisiana; 14 August 1928 in Omaha, Nebraska). He included in his book Nos Hommes et notre histoire (Montreal, 1911) a chapter on music, which includes valuable information about musicians of New Orleans. His son, Dan, was a practising musician. BIBL: Dorothea Olga McCants, transl, Our People and Our History, with introduction and notes (Baton Rouge, 1973).