Aquitaine is a French region, consisting of the dèpartements of Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The region is known for an annual musical event which takes place in June; during this period, nearly every village and town has a celebration of music and dance. France has long been considered a center for European art and music. ... Auvergne is a region in France. ... The Basque are an ethnic group living in parts of France and Spain, with the majority in the latter country. ... Brittany is on the northwest coast of France and is a region unique in that country in its Celtic cultural derivation. ... Outside of France, the island of Corsica is perhaps best known musically for its polyphonic choral tradition. ... Gascony is a region of France that has produced several well-known performers and composers of classical, folk and popular music. ... The most well-known musician from the French region of Limousin is probably the piper Eric Montbel, a former member of such legendary bands as Lo Jai, Le Grand Rouge, and Ulysse; he plays the chabreta, or Limousin bagpipe. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... Quick history The Printemps de Bourges is a music festival, started in 1977 by Jean Christophe Dechico (director of the Maison de la Culture at the time), Alain Meilland (actor and singer) and Daniel Colling (music booking agent). ... The National Anthem is the name of a song by the band Radiohead. ... This article is about the anthem La Marseillaise. A sculpture popularly called La Marseillaise is part of the sculptural programme of the Arc de Triomphe. ... The former French colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe are small islands in the Caribbean. ... Réunion is a departement of France, and its population is mostly Francophone blacks, with some Indians and French minorities. ... Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the music of Tahiti was dominated by festivals called heiva. ... Capital Bordeaux Area 41,309 km² Regional President Alain Rousset ( PS) (since 1998) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 6th) 3,049,000 2,908,359 74/km² (2004) Arrondissements 18 Cantons 235 Communes 2,296 Départements Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques Aquitaine... Dordogne is a département in central France named after the Dordogne River. ... Gironde is a département in the southwest of France named after the Gironde Estuary. ... Landes is a département in southern France. ... Lot-et-Garonne is a département in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers. ... Pyrénées-Atlantiques ( Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a département in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...

The folk music of Aquitaine is based on instruments like the hurdy-gurdy, boha, flute, accordion, caremèra and violin. Traditional players include Alexis Capes, Julien Dejean, Mivielle, Jean Nadau, Lucien Martin, René Cabanac and Pierre Saint-Louber. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... A musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Drawing of a hurdy gurdy A hurdy gurdy (alternately, hurdy-gurdy) is a stringed musical instrument. ... This article pertains to the musical instrument. ... a piano accordion An accordion is a small portable free-reed wind instrument with a keyboard, the smallest representative of the organ family. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ...