Fleur Des Antilles

Genres / Genres

waltz, dance song, valse créole

Performers / Performers

Londas, Sully

Longrais, Mardel

Grebeau, Emile

Boislaville, Loulou

Charlery, Maurice

Sainte-Rose, Georges

Laugetty, Raymond

Coppet, Hurard

Nom du groupe / Group name

Musique Créole Group

Disposition / Setting

Ravine Vilaine

Lieu / Location

Fort-de-France

Session / Session

Fort-de-France 6/62

Date / Date

19/06/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1119.0, Track 03 (00:04:22)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features a group lead by Loulou Boislaville (b. 1919), a famous bandleader, composer, and dancer, as well as the well-known clarinetist Hurard Coppet (1908-1971). The style and sound of these performances are best summarized as urban popular dance music. Many of the recordings in this session can be found on Caribbean Voyage: The French Antilles (Rounder 1733) and Caribbean Voyage: Martinique (Rounder 1730).

Note d'enregistrement / Recording notes

Polyphonic texture and improvisatory feel. Note the progression of different and/or recurring sections / strains ? at which point the melody is usually played on different instruments with corresponding changes in the overall sound / texture.

Collection / Collection

Caribbean 1962

General information / Information générale

Ce document provient de la collecte réalisée par Alan Lomax dans les Petites Antilles en 1962. Propriété de l'Association for Cultural Equity. Pour toute autre utilisation, contactez l'Association for Cultural Equity (www.culturalequity.org)

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