Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin
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Biography
Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin was a Congolese choir from Kamina formed in 1954. The ensemble was founded by Franciscan priest Guido Haazen and consisted of 45 adolescent singers and 15 teachers. The group achieved recognition for the recording Missa Luba (1958), which arranged Latin mass texts to Luba melodies. The choir toured Europe in 1958 and performed with the Vienna Boys' Choir. Their recording of the song âSanctusâ reached the UK Singles Chart in 1969. The group became inactive in 1960. Their work was later released on the compilation Missa Luba / Misa Criolla (2000).
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- Abe Wanene
- Lullaby
- Siku Kuu (Holy Night)
- Siku Moja
- Lelo Nguba
- Kabundi
- Wa Buta
- How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, The Goat, The Bush-Cat, And the Cock, And How He Got out of Repaying Them (Efik-Ibibio)
- The Elephant and the Tortoise (Hottentot)
- Mwendele Baki Binda
- The Beautiful Girl Who Had No Teeth (Bavenda)
- The Child and the Eagle (Baila)
- How It Came About That Children Were First Whipped (Ashanti)
- The Woman and Children of the Sycamore Tree (Masai)
- Tambwe Dishinda
- Mankeya
- Kimya
- Emelina Ee
- Munafika
- Mbambele
- Oh Siekeni Wee Mama
- Lutuku Ina Mudinga
