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Lemuel McPherson Christian MBE (1913–2000) [2] was a Dominican music educator and composer, who wrote the music for "Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour", the national anthem of the Commonwealth of Dominica, the words being written by Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond (1912–1985).
"Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour" is the popular title for the national anthem of Dominica. [1] It was adopted upon the island gaining statehood in 1967 and again with Dominica's independence in 1978. The lyrics are by Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond (1912–1985), and the music was composed by Lemuel McPherson Christian OBE (1917–2000). [2] [3]
It was pushed in the 1970s by groups from Dominica, and was the first style of Dominican music to find international acclaim. [11] Dominica cadence music has evolved under the influence of Dominican and Caribbean/Latin rhythms, as well as rock and roll, soul, and funk music from the United States.
Chanté mas (masquerade song) and Lapo kabrit is a form of Carnival music of Dominica.It is performed by masquerading partygoers in a two-day parade, with a lead vocalist (chantwèl), who is followed by the responsorial chorus (lavwa), with drummers and dancers dancing backwards in front of the drummer on a tambou lélé.
Jing Ping is a kind of folk music originated on the slave plantations of Dominica, also known colloquially as an accordion band. Dominican folk music, jing ping bands accompany a circle dance called the flirtation, as well as the Dominican quadrille .
Vesperae solennes de Dominica, K. 321, is a sacred choral composition, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1779. It is scored for SATB choir and soloists, violin I and II, 2 trumpets , 3 trombones colla parte , 2 timpani , and basso continuo ( bassoon and organ ).
Members (during the lifetime of the group) included founder members Greg 'Breaker' Bannis who was the lead vocalist with Hot Chocolate, now using the sobriquet of Billy Brown), Clayton 'Baby Julie' Guiste (now with the New Serenaders Band), Crispin Seaman, Dennis Joseph and Tony 'Bingo' Henderson, and later, Alwin 'Cocky' Polydore, Lionel Pinard, Eden 'Presley' Richardson, Lewis 'Double L ...
Gramacks headlined the first World Creole Music Festival in Dominica in 1997. [3] In 2009, the original members, excluding Joseph, reunited with the release of the album Get Up. [2] Jeff Joseph, aged 57, died on 23 November 2011 after a stroke. [1] He received an official funeral service, with the day declared a national day of mourning. [3]