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United States, New York, Haitians, 1940-1941
- Author/Composer,etc
- Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996.
- Format
- Other Audio Non Musical Recording
- Title
- [United States, New York, Haitians, 1940-1941] [sound recording] / collected by Harold Courlander.
- Physical description
- 15 sound discs (4 hrs.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 12 in. + documentation
- Performer
- Wilfred Beauchamp, Lydia Augustin, vocals.
- Recording info
- Recorded Dec. 1940 and July 1941 by Courlander in New York City on a spring-wound L. Thompson machine.
- Notes
- Haitian tales, some with accompanying songs. Original acetate discs; sound quality fair to poor. Selections have been commercially released on Folkways Records: Uncle Bouqui of Haiti (FE 4432). Deposited at the Archives of Traditional Music by Courlander under option 3.
- Local note
- 12-3216--3230; EC 10" 945--948
- Contents
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- Maman with 3 sons
- King with 2 sons
- Brise Montaigne
- Bouqui avec Malice associé canot pêcheur
- Bocor Landolite
- Jean Saute avec Jean L'Espirit
- Janot
- L'Ecole Bouqui
- Grand Djab
- Bocor avec yun ti garçon
- Vié grand moune avec des animaux
- Bouqui allé en bas la mer
- Fleur Pomponnel
- Bouqui mangé an pile
- Bouqui pral ach' té bourique
- Bouqui avec roi
- Bouqui avec Jeannie
- Bouqui ac Ti Macaque
- Ti Malice avec Maît' Voleur
- Bourqui fai miracle
- Bouqui Pleadroirie
- Malice mangé Maman Bouqui
- Bouqui avec Ti Bef
- Crapeau avec des animaux
- Drums with singing.
- Subject
- Tales--Haiti. Folk songs, Creole--Haiti. Folklore--Haiti. Haitians--New York (State)--New York.
- Local subject
- Cante fables. SV03.
- Related name/work
- Augustin, Lydia. Beauchamp, Wilfred.
- Related name
- Indiana University, Bloomington. Archives of Traditional Music.