Pat Castagne

Patrick Stanislaus Castagne (born October 3, 1916 in Guyana , † May 5, 2000 in Port of Spain ) was a Trinidadian composer.

Life

He attended St. Mary's College in Port of Spain from 1926 to 1935 and was a member of the College Cadet Corps. After his training he worked as a pianist and band leader; he was first known to a wider public as the showmaster in the entertainment tents of the Trinidadian carnival preseason. He held many offices in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, including serving as a member of the Trinidadian diplomatic corps in London, where he also worked as a radio host for the BBC . His greatest passion was composing . The highlight of his work was his victory in 1962 in the competition for the Trinidadian national anthem entitled "Forged From The Love of Liberty", which he had originally composed as the national anthem of the short-lived West Indian Federation and after it broke up in 1962 before a national anthem was appointed , the text was slightly adapted for the competition of the then independent Trinidad.

In the following years Castagne was active as the composer of numerous well-known calypso songs. His wife Lucille, sister of former President of the Trinidad Supreme Court Michael de la Bastide, died in 1988; after that, Castagne appeared only rarely. He died of a heart attack in May 2000. He left six children.

Honors

In 1962 Castagne became a Member of the British Empire . 1994 received the Chaconia Medal in gold.

Web links

Short biography

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Anthony: Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . Scarecrow Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3173-2 , pp. 108 .
↑ TrinbagoPan.com: Pat Castagne. Retrieved November 24, 2017 .
^ To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order . In: The London Gazette . No. 42876, December 28, 1962, p. 51.

personal data
SURNAME	Castagne, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Castagne, Patrick (full name); Castagne, Patrick Stanisclaus (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Trinidadian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 3, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Guyana
DATE OF DEATH	May 5, 2000
Place of death	Port of Spain

[1] Michael Anthony: Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . Scarecrow Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3173-2 , pp. 108 .

[2] TrinbagoPan.com: Pat Castagne. Retrieved November 24, 2017 .

[3] To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order . In: The London Gazette . No. 42876, December 28, 1962, p. 51.