Werner Jaegerhuber Explained

Werner Jaegerhuber
Birth Name:	Werner Anton Jaegerhuber
Birth Date:	17 March 1900
Birth Place:	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Death Place:	Pétion-Ville, Haiti
Occupation:	Composer
Parents:	Anton Jaegerhuber Anna Maria Tippenhauer

Werner Anton Jaegerhuber (17 March 1900 – 20 May 1953)^[1] was a Haitian composer known for composing "Messe sur les Airs Vodoussques",^[2] "Musique pour Aieules", "Naissa"^[3] and many others.

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.^[4] 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 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.

Death

Jaegerhuber died in Pétion-Ville, Haiti on 20 May 1953.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dauphin. Claude. 2013. Biographies. 16 August 2021. SRDMH. en. (3rd Biography).
2. Werner Jaegerhuber's "Messe sur les airs vodouesques": The Inculturation of Vodou in a Catholic Mass, Robert Grenier and Claude Dauphin, Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring, 2009), pp. 51–82 Published by: University of Illinois Press
3. Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History, Volume 2: Performing the Caribbean Experience, Edited by Malena Kuss,
4. Book: Vodou Nation: Haitian Art Music and Cultural Nationalism . 209 . Largey, Michael . 2006 . University of Chicago Press . 0226468631 . 4 November 2015.