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3/8/2024
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When:
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Friday, March 8, 2024
6:00 PM
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Where:
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La Maison Française, New York University
16 Washington Mews
New York, New York 10003
United States
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The 2024 NYU-AMS Lecutre, "Considering Lisette: What can we learn from the 'oldest' song in Haitian Creole?" will be held at La Maison Française, New York University on Friday, 8 March 2024 at 6:00pm ET.
In this lecture,
Jean Bernard Cerin traces the circuitous history of “Lisette quitté la plaine,” the earliest published song text in Haitian Kreyòl that was arranged several times between c. 1757 and 1942. This lecture delves into the rich history of classical
music in colonial Saint Domingue and considers how this song, originally famous in a slave-holding society, shifts in meaning as it finds new interpretations in Black communities in Louisiana and modern Haiti.
Participants
Jean Bernard Cerin, Presenter
Jean Bernard Cerin is the founder of the Lisette Project, which studies vocal classical music from Haiti. A multifaceted singer and scholar, he produces and performs in projects ranging from film, recital,
oratorio, opera, and folk music. He directed and starred in the documentary Lisette (2022), which made its premier at the Berkeley Early Music Festival in California.
His crossover piano-vocal duo, Kuwento Mizik released its freshman album “Lua Nova” in August 2022. Jean Bernard serves as assistant professor and director of the Vocal Program at
Cornell University.
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