Alberto Mesirca playing a meringue arranged by Frantz Casseus. Based on the title, "Meringue Frangeul," it is almost certainly a composition by Fernand Frangeul or at least inspired by him. Frangeul was a major figure in Haitian music publishing of the early 20th century. According to Constantin Dumerve, Frangeul often put popular meringues he heard in Port-au-Prince to sheet music. Thus, many of his songs may be illustrative of popular taste, not just bourgeois audiences for salon music. Meringues published by Frangeul include a number of tunes famously recorded by Haitian orchestras in the 1940s and 1950s. "Patience, ma fille" and "Banm Pam San Dous" may be the best known.
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