Creole Songs of Haiti
(Folkways Records, 1954), 22 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Description
This recording combines vocal interpretations of Vodou (an Afro-Haitian religion) ceremonial songs and popular secular melodies by legendary Haitian singer, dancer and folklorist Emerante de Pradines and the all-male folklorique chorus Michele Dejan Group. Recorded by Harold Courlander during the 1940s mouvement folklorique—a period revaluing the traditional arts and practices of the Haitian peyizan (peasants), de Pradines maintains a traditional troubadour-like performance of songs while the Michele Dejan Group arranges all traditional tunes into liturgical or full chorale settings.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 22 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Creole/Cajun Music, Song, Ritual, Vodoun
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Release Date
- 1954
- Subject
- World Music, Music & Performing Arts, South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe, Haiti
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- América del Sud, México, Centroamérica y el Caribe, América do Sul, México, América Central e Caribe