Charles-Richard Lambert (1800 – March 25, 1862)"Charles Richard Lambert"
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composers, Lambert was noted for talent in music and gained international acclaim.

Life and career

Lambert was born in New York City, but settled in

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. He married a free Creole woman of color, and his first son was Charles Lucien Lambert, born in 1828. After his first wife died, he married Coralie Suzanne Orzy (1820–1889), also a free woman of color. They had a son

Sidney Lambert Sidney Lambert (18381905) was an African-American pianist, music educator and composer, born before the American Civil War as a free person of color. He and his family were noted for talent in music and gained international acclaim. Life and career ...

, born in 1838. Both sons studied music with their father, and afterward became noted musicians and composers. Lambert's grandson

Lucien-Léon Guillaume Lambert Lucien-Leon Guillaume Lambert or Lucien Lambert, Jr. (1858–1945) was a French pianist and composer of African-American Creole descent. His family was noted for talent in music and gained international acclaim. Life and career Lucien-Leon Lambe ...

, born in 1858, was also a noted musician and composer. Lambert worked as a music teacher and was a conductor for the Philharmonic Society, the first non-theatrical orchestra in New Orleans. Lambert died in

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, while performing there with his son Sidney. Noted students include

Edmond Dédé Edmond Dédé (November 20, 1827 – January 5, 1903) was an American musician and composer from New Orleans, Louisiana. A free-born Creole, he moved to Europe to study in Paris in 1855 and settled in France. His compositions include ''Quasimod ...

.Sybil Kein, ''Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color''
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000, pp. 80-82, accessed December 28, 2010.

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African-American classical musicians African-American conductors (music) American conductors (music) American male conductors (music) American music educators 1800 births 1862 deaths African-American Catholics 19th-century American male musicians {{US-conductor-stub