ARTIST/BAND /GROUP INFORMATION
| Artist/Band/Group Birthday : | 24/09/1918(Age 99) |
| Born In/Current Location : | Rivière Froide, Haiti/Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Occupation(s) : | Singer |
| Genres : | Folklorist |
Emerante Morse was born Emerante de Pradines in Haiti in 1918. The daughter of the legendary Haitian entertainer Auguste de Pradines (better known as Ti Candio), de Pradines is a pioneering singer, dancer and folklorist.
De Pradines sang Vodou songs in Creole on the radio when it was dangerous to do so, and was the first Haitian singer to sign a recording contract with a record company. She married Richard M. Morse, a Latin-American scholar and writer from the United States who she met while studying in New York with Martha Graham.[4] Her albums were released internationally, including by Smithsonian Folkways in the United States.
She and her husband had one daughter and one son, Richard A. Morse, who also became a musician and prominent public figure in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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