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In 1893, a visiting German warship set course to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to stopover and by protocol that required that a national anthem be performed. At the time, Haiti did not have an anthem, so the composer Occide Jeanty offered to compose music to the patriotic poem and it was completed later that night. It debuted aboard the ...
Styles of music unique to the nation of Haiti include music derived from rara parading music, twoubadou ballads, mini-jazz rock bands, rasin movement, hip hop Creòle, the wildly popular compas, [1] and méringue as its basic rhythm. Haitian music is influenced mostly by European colonial ties and African migration (through slavery).
Compagnie des Tabacs Comme Il Faut, S.A. is an international tobacco company based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is owned by Luckett, Inc. of Louisville , KY and is the only cigarette maker in Haiti with its Comme Il Faut and Point brands marketed locally.
Compas (French pronunciation:; Haitian Creole: konpa dirèk; [2] French: compas direct), also known as konpa or kompa, is a modern méringue dance music genre of Haiti. [1] The genre was popularized by Nemours Jean-Baptiste following the creation of Ensemble Aux Callebasses in 1955, which became Ensemble Nemours Jean-Baptiste in 1957.
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Rasin, also known as Haitian roots music, [2] is a musical style that began in Haiti in the 1970s when musicians began combining elements of traditional Haitian Vodou ceremonial and folkloric music with various musical styles.
" Somos El Mundo 25 Por Haiti" is a 2010 song and charity single recorded by the Latin supergroup Artists for Haiti and written by Emilio Estefan and his wife Gloria Estefan. It is a Spanish-language remake of the 1985 hit song " We Are the World ", which was written by American musicians Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie , and was recorded by ...
Similar to the marketing of "We Are the World", a music video of the song was filmed and released. The music video was directed by Academy Award-winning film director Paul Haggis. [14] [22] Haggis said that he finished the video 12 hours early. [23] Haitian film students were involved in the video as part of the production crew. [23]