Werner Jaegerhuber
Werner Anton Jaegerhuber (17 March 1900 – 20 May 1953) was a Haitian composer known for composing "Messe sur les Airs Vodouesques", "Musique pour Aieules", "Naissa" and many others. Werner Jaegerhuber was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jaegerhuber was the son of Anton Jaegerhuber, a naturalized American citizen of German origin and Anna Maria Tippenhauer, a member of a mulatto Haitian family. Jaegerhuber studied at the former Voigt Conservatory of Hamburg in Germany from 1915 to 1922, staying in Germany for further study until 1937 when he returned to Haiti.
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Werner Jaegerhuber
- Name
- Werner Jaegerhuber
- Birth Name
- Werner Anton Jaegerhuber
- Born
- 17 March 1900
- Birthplace
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Died
- 20 May 1953
- Place of death
- Pétion-Ville, Haiti
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- Haiti
- Fields
- opera
- Languages
- French
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Werner Anton Jaegerhuber (17 March 1900 – 20 May 1953) was a Haitian composer known for composing "Messe sur les Airs Vodouesques", "Musique pour Aieules", "Naissa" and many others. Werner Jaegerhuber was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jaegerhuber was the son of Anton Jaegerhuber, a naturalized American citizen of German origin and Anna Maria Tippenhauer, a member of a mulatto Haitian family. Jaegerhuber studied at the former Voigt Conservatory of Hamburg in Germany from 1915 to 1922, staying in Germany for further study until 1937 when he returned to Haiti.
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He stayed away for roughly the duration of the US occupation of Haiti. Jaegerhuber later went on to compose classical music and operas. His interest in peasant music made a major contribution to the world of music by combining traditional Haitian folkloric music with classical European music.
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• Name — Werner Jaegerhuber • Birth Name — Werner Anton Jaegerhuber • Born — 17 March 1900 • Birthplace — Port-au-Prince, Haiti • Died — 20 May 1953 • Place of death — Pétion-Ville, Haiti • Occupation — Composer • Parents — Anton Jaegerhuber Anna Maria Tippenhauer
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Jaegerhuber died in Pétion-Ville, Haiti on 20 May 1953.
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- 1.Claude Dauphin. Werner Jaegerhuber. Société de Recherche et de Diffusion de la Musique Haïtienne (SRDMH). 2014-04.
- 2.Werner Jaegerhuber (1900-1953). earsense.
- 3.Lauren Michelle Brandon Lindsey. Werner Jaegerhuber's "Messe Folklorique Haitienne": A conductor's guide. The University of Southern Mississippi.
- 4.Robert Grenier, Claude Dauphin. Werner Jaegerhuber's "Messe sur les airs vodouesques": The Inculturation of Vodou in a Catholic Mass. 2009. 20640671.
- 5.Erzulie malade - Haitian Folk Song. Crossing Borders Music. 2020-07-20.
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