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Choucoune (song)
19th-century Haitian song composed by Michel Mauléart Monton
"Choucoune" is a 19th-century Haitian song composed by Michel Mauléart Monton with lyrics from a poem by Oswald Durand.
It was rewritten with English lyrics in the 20th century as "Yellow Bird".
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Exotica musician Arthur Lyman made the song a hit in 1961.
Choucoune
One of Oswald Durand's most famous works, the 1883 Choucoune is a lyrical poem that praises the beauty of a Haitian woman of that nickname.
Michel Mauléart Monton, an American-born pianist with a Haitian father and American mother composed music for the poem in 1893, appropriating some French and Caribbean fragments to create his tune. The song "Choucoune" was first performed in Port-au-Prince on 14 May 1893.[1] It became a popular méringue lente (slow méringue) in Haiti, and was played prominently during the bicentennial celebrations in Port-au-Prince in 1949.
Choucoune was recorded by "Katherine Dunham and her Ensemble"