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His Identity Pieces, [3] a musical comedy, won the Stallion de Yennenga at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou in 1999. Raoul Peck, a Haitian who was brought up in Zaire, directed the documentary Lumumba. La mort d'un prophète (1991), about the life of Patrice Lumumba, who led the country into independence.
La Vie est belle / Life is Rosy is a 1987 musical comedy directed by Mwezé Ngangura and Benoît Lamy.The film revolves around the vibrant music scene of Kinshasa and tells the rags-to-riches story of a poor rural musician played by legendary Congolese musician, Papa Wemba, the “King of Rumba Rock”, who seeks fame in the big city.
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Songs of Minutes is a 2001 album by jazz band Erik Vermeulen trio. It was recorded at the Studio Igloo (in Brussels ) on April 17, 18 and 19. The album contains both original compositions and covers (from Thelonious Monk , Harold Arlen , Charlie Haden , Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn ).
His music traverses various genres, including soukous, ndombolo, Congolese rumba, and his energetic performances have garnered him a massive following both in Africa and internationally [10] [11] Le Grand Kallé (c. 1930–1983) — singer-songwriter, composer, and bandleader. He is regarded as the father of modern Congolese music [12] [13]
The cinematheque was established in 1938 as a film archive [1] by Henri Storck, André Thirifays, and Piet Vermeylen. In 2002 the Film Museum founded by Jacques Ledoux, Constantin Brodzki and Corneille Hannoset was integrated into the archive to become a cinematheque. [4] In 2009 it became known as "CINEMATEK". [3] [2] [5]
The “Music and Lyrics” credit goes to Roy Turk and Fred E Ahlert, who were responsible for “Marianne”, “When I See My Sugar”, “Oo-la-la-la-la” and “The Girl from Noochateau”. All these songs were composed in 1929. Songs popularized during the war include: “Oh! Frenchy”, music by Con Conrad and words by Sam Ehrlich. [1] “
Cantate de la croix de Charité for soloists, chorus, children's chorus and orchestra, Op. 381 (1959–1960); text by Loys Masson; Cantate sur des textes de Chaucer for chorus and orchestra, Op. 386 (1960); text by Geoffrey Chaucer; Cantate de l'initiation for mixed chorus and orchestra (or organ), Op. 388 (1960); Hebrew and French liturgical text