List of books and articles on music

By Bob Corbett, 19 November 1996

1. Ahrens, Lynn. ONCE ON THIS ISLAND.

 

2. Anon. LES FRERES PARENT: SINGERS OF CHANGE FROM HAITI.

Revolutionary Worker. 1988 Aug 15.

3. ---. THE HAITI ECONOMIC JUSTICE CAMPAIGN.

The Washington Office on Haiti. 1995 Oct 27.

4. Arthur, Charles. AFTER THE DANCE, THE DRUM IS HEAVY.

London: Haiti Support Group; 1995; ISBN: 0-9526891-0-3

5. Averill, Gage. SELECTED VERSES.

 

6. Blake, David. TOUSSAINT.

Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent: Novello; 1977.

7. Bowman, Laura and LeRoy Antoine. THE VOICE OF HAITI.

New York: Clarence William Music Publisher; 1938.

8. Chauvet, Marie. DANCE ON THE VOLCANO.

New York: William Sloane Associates; 1959.

An interesting novel about two affranchaise mulattos who are in the theater. This novel is useful to get a picture of the interaction of whites and affranchaise, especially mulattos, on the eve of the revolution. Situated from about 1785-1791.

9. Chott, Roxanne. HAITIAN MUSIC IS A DELIGHT TO ALL.

The Journal. 1986 Oct 2:7.

10. Corbett, Bob. STRETCH SUMMER 1991.

(no 6).

11. Courlander, Harold. THE DRUM AND THE HOE: LIFE AND LORE OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press; 1960; ISBN: 0-520-05449-0.#160;

12. ---. REFLECTIONS ON THE MEANING OF A HAITIAN CULT SONG.

Bulletine Du Bureau National D'Ethnologie. 1986.

13. Dominy, Jeannine. KATHERINE DUNHAM.

New York: Chelsea House Publishers; 1992; ISBN: 0-7910-1123-2.

14. Dunham, Katherine. DANCES OF HAITI.

Los Angeles: Center for Afro-American Studies; 1983; ISBN: 0-934934-11-8.

15. Laroche, Maximilien. MUSIC, DANCE, AND RELIGION.

Callaloo. 1992 Summer; vol 15(no 2).

16. Lomax, Alan. AFRICANISM IN NEW WORLD NEGRO MUSIC.

 

17. Rollings Stones. PERMISSION LETTER.

 

18. Smith, CC and Gerard Tacite Lamothe. COMPAS! LEGENDS OF HAITIAN MUSIC, PART 2.

Beggae Adn African Beat. 1988; Vol 7(no 2).

19. Ward, Anthony. TOUSSAINT: OPERA IN THREE ACTS.

Borough Green Sevenoaks Kent: Novello and Co.; 1977.

Bob, I can add several items (and I do not see the relevance of all items above to the topic). Also, Marie Chauvet's historical novel is actually deeply embedded in the history of the last decade of Saint Domingue (with references to theatrical history back into the 1760s) and the two sisters, Minette and (I forget the younger one's name) are historical figures, the first actor/singers of color to appear on stage in Saint Domingue. Marie got most of her documentation from Jean Fouchard's LE THEATRE A SAINT DOMINGUE (PaP: Deschamps).

Wolkstein, Diane. THE MAGIC ORANGE TREE AND OTHER HAITIAN FOLKTALES

(NY: Schocken Books, 1978). Includes musical scores for song-games.

Villefranche Bres, Marjorie, et al. L'EXPERIENCE TI PYE ZORANJ MONTE. CONTES, LEGENDES, POEMES ET CHANSONS POUR ENFANTS D'HAITI ET D'AILLEURS.

(Montreal: Grafik Universel Editions, 1984).

Dauphin, Claude. BRIT KOLOBRIT. INTRODUCTION METHODOLOGIQUE SUIVIE DE 30 CHANSONS ENFANTINES HAITIENNES RECUEILLIES ET CLASSEES PROGRESSIVEMENT EN VUE D'UNE PEDAGOGIE MUSICALE AUX ANTILLES.

Sherbrooke: Naaman, 1981.

Boncy, Ralph, et al. LA CHANSON D'HAITI. Tome I: (1965-1985).

Montreal: Eds. CIDIHCA, 1985. Lyrics in kreyol and french, with scores. 

Carbet, Marie-Magdeleine. COMPTINES ET CHANSONS ANTILLAISES.

Montreal: Lemeac, 1975.

The titles published in Montreal may be available from Patricia Reher Francis in New York. The fact that texts are in French should not be a problem for any researchers in music--and they also include lyrics in kreyol and french (usuallY), scores, and explanations of the children's games (often referred to by Haitian writers).

There is also Gerdes Fleurant's doctoral thesis, recently published by Greenwood Press, a study of Rada rhythms in Vodou (if I remember correctly)--you could query him for exact title.

Best, Carrol