Tools
Haiti, ca. 1950-1954
- Title
- [Haiti, ca. 1950-1954] [sound recording] / collected by Harold Courlander.
- Format
- Musical Recording
- Physical description
- 18 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono. ; 7 in. + documentation
- Performer
- Fabre Duroseau, piano ; The André Charles group, the Arthur Lynceé Duroseau group and other unidentified performers ; Jean Ravel Pintro, Wilfred Beauchamp and Voluska Saintvil, informants.
- Recording info
- Recorded by Courlander ca. 1950-1954 at various locations in Haiti.
- Notes
- Haitian songs, stories and interviews. In Haitian Creole and possibly other languages. Acetate tape copies of the original discs. Accompanied by a tape index including song titles and discussion topics. Selected song transcriptions are contained in Courlander's "The Drum and the Hoe" (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1960). Deposited at the Archives of Traditional Music by Courlander in 1976 under Option 3.
- Local note
- EC 9428--9447
- Partial contents
-
- Workgang songs
- Meringues
- Popular music
- Street singers
- Songs for Ayida
- Piano music
- Songs to Legba
- Carnival music
- Haitian proverbs
- Gage (children's games)
- Folk tales
- Discussion of loa
- Discussion of various services and dances, including Bain de Noël, wakes, and last prayers
- Discussion of instruments
- Discussion of govi, hounfor, expeditions and other Vodoun ceremonies
- Discussion of mangé mort feast, mangé yam festival, lavé tête and other rituals
- Discussion of Rara.
- Subject
- Folk music--Haiti. Popular music--Haiti. Folk songs, Creole--Haiti. Work songs--Haiti. Merengues. Street music--Haiti. Carnival--Haiti. Vodou--Haiti. Cults--Haiti. Rites and ceremonies--Haiti. Harvest festivals--Haiti. Funeral rites and ceremonies--Haiti. Proverbs, Haitian. Musical instruments--Haiti. Tales--Haiti. Piano music--Haiti. Children's songs--Haiti. Singing games--Haiti. Fasts and feasts--Haiti.
- Local subject
- S.V.3. Haiti.
- Related name/work
- Duroseau, Fabre. Duroseau, Arthur Lyncee. Charles, André, active 1951- Saintvil, Voluska. Beauchamp, Wilfred. Pintro, Jean Ravel. Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996.
- Related name
- Indiana University, Bloomington. Archives of Traditional Music.