Werner Anton Jaegerhuber (17 March 1900 – 20 May 1953) was a

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

an composer known for composing "Messe sur les Airs Vodoussques", "Musique pour Aieules", "Naissa" and many others. Born in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

, Haiti, Jaegerhuber was the son of Anton Jaegerhuber, a naturalized

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citizen of German origin and Anna Maria Tippenhauer, a member of a

mulatto (, ) is a racial classification to refer to people of mixed African and European ancestry. Its use is considered outdated and offensive in several languages, including English and Dutch, whereas in languages such as Spanish and Portuguese is ...

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. He stayed away for roughly the duration of the US occupation of Haiti. Jaegerhuber later went on to compose

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

and

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

s. His interest in peasant music made a major contribution to the world of music by combining traditional Haitian folkloric music with classical European music.

Death

Jaegerhuber died in

Pétion-Ville Pétion-Ville ( ht, Petyonvil) is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate from the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. Founded in 1831 by president Jean-Pierre Boyer, it was named af ...

, Haiti on 20 May 1953.

References

Haitian composers Haitian people of German descent Haitian people of Mulatto descent 1900 births 1953 deaths 20th-century composers {{Haiti-musician-stub