JEANTY, OCCILIUS

JEANTY, OCCILIUS (PERE). Military bandsman/Music-school founder (1830 in Port-au-Prince; 2 November 1882 in Port-au-Prince). He received his musical education at l'Ecole Wesleyenne and at the Lycée Pétion, both in Port-au-Prince. He studied flute with Franklin Carpentier and began his professional career about 1858 as a fifer in the Grenadiers de la Garde of his Imperial Majesty, Faustin I. Later in his career he was chef du Corps. He was a music teacher at the Lycée Pétion for many years...