KANDELAB: 103 Notated Haitian Folk and Vodou Songs

Price: $35.00
(as of Apr 19, 2025 22:07:09 UTC – Details)

Kandelab: 103 Notated Haitian Folk and Vodou Songs offers the transcribed and notated renditions of songs from Haiti’s musical traditions. Music is considered a universal language, and each culture contributes to its vocabulary and its syntax. This book documents for posterity 103 songs from Haiti’s rich repertoire ranging from sacred hymns, to folk and rara songs. Unlike its predecessors, Kandelab 101 & 102 which featured popular pieces, folktales’ songs, this book focuses instead on well known Vodou songs from the northern part of the country like Alantran M Sen Jak Laplèndinò Bèl O and playsongs from Lakou Dereyal such as Manman Jimo Lage. An accompanying 4CD box set(sold separately) includes a melodic rendition on piano as well as a reference version performed by the author, Georges Vilson, to the rhythm of traditional drummers. Kandelab: 103 Notated Haitian Folk and Vodou Songs will quickly become an invaluable resource for musical education and a tool for the preservation of Haiti’s culture. All those who have dedicated themselves to the advancement of Haitian culture and those wishing to learn more about Haiti will welcome the publication of this musical anthology.