Louis Achille Othello Bayard

Louis Achille Othello Bayard "de Cayes" (1885–1971) was a Haitian musician, violinist, poet, and composer. He was notable for composing the music of the patriotic song "Haïti Chérie".

Biography Othello Bayard was born in 1885 in the city of Les Cayes. January 1, 1925, Bayard composed "Souvenir d’Haïti", a poem set to music and it will become the second Haitian patriotic hymn as "Haïti Chérie" after the national anthem, "La Dessalinienne".

At the beginning of 21st century, was opened a music school in Les Cayes which bears the name of this poet and musician, the Institut Othello Bayard des Cayes.