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Brittany is a Celtic country rich in its cultural heritage. Though long under the control of France and influenced by French traditions, Brittany has retained and, since the early seventies, revived its own folk music, modernizing and adapting it into folk-rock and other fusion genres. Brittany has an expansive coastline Historical province of Brittany Flag of Brittany (Gwenn-ha-du) région of Bretagne, see Bretagne. ...
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Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ...
Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ...
France has long been considered a centre for European art and music. ...
Kan ha discan is likely the most common type of traditional music of Brittany. ...
Brittany is a Celtic country rich in its cultural heritage. ...
Auvergne is a region in France. ...
The Basque language is unrelated to any other language family and its origins are unknown. ...
Burgundy became a major center for musical development during the Renaissance era. ...
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 Occitan 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. ...
Celtic music is a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Western Europe. ...
Cornwall has been historically Celtic, though Celtic-derived traditions had been moribund for some time before being revived during a late 20th century roots revival. ...
The Isle of Man is a small island nation in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. ...
The Tannahill Weavers Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which has remained vibrant throughout the 20th century, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music. ...
traditional Asturian dancers The traditional music of Galicia is probably the least related to the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, although some similarities exist with the neighbouring areas of Asturias and Cantabria or Castille and northern Portugal and it is characterized by an extensive use of bagpipes. ...
Wales is a part of the United Kingdom, but is a culturally and politically separate Celtic country. ...
Traditional Breton music Traditional Breton folk music includes a variety of vocal and instrumental styles. Purely traditional musicians became the heroes of the roots revival in the 20th century, most importantly the Goadec sisters. At the end of the 19th century, the vicomte Theodore Hersart de la Villemarqué's collection of largely nationalistic Breton songs, Barzaz Breiz, was also influential, and was partially responsible for preserving Breton traditions. The Barzaz Breiz ( The Plaints of Brittany, Barz refers to barde and Breiz means Brittany) is the collection of Breton folk tales, legends and music collected by Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué and published in 1839. ...
Vocal music Kan ha diskan (roughly translated as call and response singing) is probably the most common type of Breton vocal music, and is the most typical style to accompany dance music. It has become perhaps the most integral part of the Breton roots revival, and was the first genre of Breton music to gain some mainstream success, both in Brittany and abroad. Kan ha discan is likely the most common type of traditional music of Brittany. ...
In music, a call and response is a succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different musicians, where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or response to the first. ...
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A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. ...
The lead singer is the kaner, and the second singer is the diskaner. The kaner sings a phrase, and the diskaner sings the last few lines with the kaner, then repeats it alone until the same last few lines, when the kaner again joins in. The phrase's repetition is changed slightly in each execution. Kan ha diskan can be songs about any subject, but must meet one of a number of a meters used in folk dances, mostly line or round. Vocables, or nonsense syllables (typically tra la la la leh no), are sometimes used to drag out lines. Usually a kan ha diskan lasts from 5 to 20 minutes. A line dance is a formation dance in which a group of people dance in one or more lines (British English, rows), executing the same movements. ...
There are two distinct dance categories called Round Dance. ...
A vocable is a word used without meaning. ...
In addition to the Goadecs, the singer Loeiz Ropars was largely responsible for maintaining kan ha diskan's vitality in the middle of the 20th century, and the 1960s and 1970s revivalists drew largely on his work. They also venerated performers like Ar breudeur Morvan and Les soeurs Goadec|Ar c'hoarezed Goadeg. During the folk revival, aspiring musicians sought out elder teachers from whom to learn kan ha diskan, generally being viewed as successful when the student can act as diskaner to his mentor. Teachers of this era included Marcel Guilloux and Yann-Fanch Kemener. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...
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It was, however, Ropars who adapted the fest-noz, a "night party" in rural communities, for a new type of fest-noz (micros for the singers), and set the stage for the folk revival. The Fest Noz (translation: Festival of the Night) is a Breton traditional festival, similar to a céilí. There is traditional music, dancing and drinking, particularly of chouchen, a traditional drink made from fermenting honey in water. ...
Kantik Kantik ("canticle") is a type of religious hymn that is vocal but includes accompaniment from a variety of instruments, commonly including the harp, pipes and organ. Modern performers include Anne Auffret and the choir Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde. The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ...
This article or section should be merged with Pipe organ The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is a type of keyboard musical instrument, distinctive because the sound is not produced by a percussion action, as on a piano or celesta, or by...
Gwerzioù and sonioù Gwerzioù and sonioù are the two primary classifications of Breton unaccompanied folk song. Vocals for both types are usually by a soloist. A gwerz is characterized by a very gloomy, morbid tone, and the lyrics typically describe tragic murders and deaths, or lost love.
Performers in this field include Jean Le Meut from Vannes, whose songs are mostly of the sonnioù variety, and are typically pastoral songs concerning love and marriage. More modern singers include Ifig Troadeg, who focuses on lyrically shocking gwerzioù, Patrick Marie, Marthe Vassalo, Klervi Riveère, Mathieu Hamon, Annie Ebrel, Erik Marchand and Denez Prigent. In the old city centre Harbour to cathedral Vannes (Breton: Gwened) is a town and commune located in the Morbihan département, in Brittany, in the west of France. ...
Denez Prigent is a Breton singer of the gwerz and kan ha diskan Breton styles, who has recorded 5 albums and has appeared with Lisa Gerrard on two duets. ...
Chants de marins The chants de marins are shanties (sailor songs), ballads about shipwrecks, sailing and loss of life, accompanied by instruments like the fiddle and accordion. Sea shanties (singular shanty, also spelled chantey; derived from the French word chanter, to sing) were shipboard working songs. ...
Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a story, usually a narrative or poem, in a song. ...
The term fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. ...
This article is about the instrument as a whole. ...
Although it is not traditionally Breton, the large number of sailors in this country gave this musical expression a special feature.
The best known modern performers are Djiboudjep and Cabestan, along with numerous but less known bands as Tonnerre de Brest, L'Echo, Les Boucaniers or Taillevent. There are new composers too : Michel Tonnerre is a well-known modern composer of Chants de marins ; some of his compositions are as famous as ancient songs (Quinze marins, Satanicles, Vire au cabestan, Mon petit garçon). LEcho is a Belgian newspaper, published by Mediafin and mainly distributed in Wallonia and Brussels. ...
Taillevent alias Guillaume Tirel (1310-1395) was the cook of the kings of France Charles V and Charles VI. He wrote a famous book on cookery named Le Viandier. ...
There is an annual Chants de marins Contest in the small town of Paimpol, in north Brittany, where the most famous shantymen of the world, such as Stan Hugill, meet. At any harbour festival in Brittany Chants de marins can usually be heard. Stan (Stanley Edward James) Hugill (Born November 19, 1906, died May 13, 1992. ...
Instrumental music Since the Breton folk music revival, Scottish bagpipes and Irish harps have been added to the Breton repertoire, though Brittany has its own piping traditions which have been historically unbroken, as well as other instrumental traditions.
Celtic Harp Though the harp had been common in Brittany in the Middle Ages, the instrument had disappeared by the 18th century. Early in the 20th century, a Breton harpist Paul Diverres living in Wales came several times to play in Brittany . Just before and after the second World war, Gildas Jaffrenou built a harp from the 14th century plans for the Brian Boru model . But this was not enough for a revival. In 1952-1953, Jord Cochevelou, built a first Breton new-Celtic harp. Since then and during the 50s, the Celtic harp or Breton harp has taken its place back into Breton music thanks to Jord and his son Alan Cochevelou; Alan was the first person to play it in public and became world famous called Alan Stivell. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
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This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ...
A much later engraving of Brian Boru Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig (926 or 941[1] – 23 April 1014) (known as Brian Boru in English) was High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014. ...
Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician from the town of Gourin. ...
Alan Stivell at Lorient Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician from the town of Gourin. ...
Modern Breton performers include Myrdhin, An Triskell and Kristen Nogues.
Violon The violon (which can mean either fiddle or violin) is an instrument played across France. Perhaps due to this wide-ranging appeal and lack of regional uniqueness, the instrument was somewhat ignored during the Breton folk revival in the mid-20th century. However, the instrument remains a common part of Breton folk bands today. The term fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. ...
The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ...
The violon has been played in Brittany since at least the 17th century, and was possibly the most widespread instrument in the land by the early 20th century. It was only a few decades later, however, that the accordion nearly wiped the violon out, and most fiddlers joined Irish bands, moved into jazz or otherwise left the instrument. The violon survived, however. Alan Stivell has used the fiddle and electric violin in his arrangements and compositions since his first album in 1970, inviting different fiddlers for his tours and records. It opened the way for a new generation of performers including Christian Le Maître, Jacky Molard and the six-violin band Archétype. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
Alan Stivell at Lorient Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician from the town of Gourin. ...
Clarinet The clarinet was invented in Germany in the 18th century, and was quickly added to orchestras, from where it moved into marching bands and the amateur musicians in them. By the 19th century, the clarinet had entered a number of folk traditions and spread to many parts of the world. In Brittany the instrument is called a treujenn-gaol (Breton) or a trognon d'chou (French), both of which translate as cabbage stalk. Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ...
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An American college marching band on the field (University of Texas) A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who incorporate movement – usually some type of marching – with their musical performance. ...
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Breton (Breton: Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany (Breizh) and Loire-Atlantique (historically part of Brittany) in France. ...
The Breton clarinet usually has only 13 keys (though sometimes as few as six), in contrast to the more common 24 key instrument used in jazz, classical music and other fields. This is because classical musicians discarded the clarinets with fewer keys as more complex and state-of-the-art pieces.
After a decline in use in traditional music, the instrument comes back, notably in the music of the bagad. Kevrenn an Arvorig here with dancer Bro ar Ster Goz A bagad is a Breton band, composed of biniou (Breton bagpipes), bombardes and snare drums. ...
In Breton music, two clarinetists typically play together, though it also played alongside ensembles with accordions and violins. The clarinet is a common part of Breton jazz bands, along with saxophones and drums, playing both jazz and traditional songs. This article is about the instrument as a whole. ...
The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ...
The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ...
For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...
The best-known Breton clarinetist is probably Erik Marchand, a former member of both Quintet Clarinettes and Gwerz. The bands L'Echo, Cabestan and Strobinell also use clarinets. LEcho is a Belgian newspaper, published by Mediafin and mainly distributed in Wallonia and Brussels. ...
Guitar Like many of the 1960s and 70s folk revivals, Brittany spawned a folk-rock scene that used traditional elements in a pop-rock and roll format. Guitars were common by the 1970s, having been a lead instrument since revivalist legend Alan Stivell introducing the American folk guitar style into Breton music in the late 60s, asking first Steve Waring, and Dan Ar Braz, to play with him. After having played acoustic and electric guitars with Alan Stivell, Dan Ar Braz was briefly a member (in 1976 and 1977) of English folk-rock pioneers Fairport Convention. He has continued recording, alongside modern guitarists like Jacques Pellen and Soïg Siberil. A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. ...
Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ...
Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
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Alan Stivell at Lorient Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician from the town of Gourin. ...
Dan ar Braz at Lorient Dan Ar Braz, born Daniel Le Bras (1949, Quimper, Brittany), is a Breton guitarist and the founder of Héritage des Celtes. ...
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Flutes and whistles The wooden transverse flute entered Brittany via Ireland relatively recently. Revivalist legend Alan Stivell was the first noted Breton whistle player, and was followed by the bombarde prodigy who switched instruments, Jean Michel Veillon. Veillon has been a member of a number of prominent bands, including Pennoù Skoulm, Barzaz, Den and Kornog, as well as producing some influential solo albums. Other modern performers include Youenn Le Berre of Gwendal, who plays traditional airs with a jazzy feeling, Carolyn Langelier of Tud, Yannig Alory of Carré Manchot, Yann Herri Ar Gwicher of Strobinell and Hervé Guillo of Storvan. The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ...
Alan Stivell at Lorient Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician from the town of Gourin. ...
Bombardes from Kevrenn an Arvorig The bombarde is a French folk instrument from Brittany. ...
In addition to the flute, Alan Stivell brought the tin whistle and low whistle into almost all his albums and shows. They have since been used in bands like Tri Yann, Strobinell, Barzaz and by performer Jean-Pol Huellou, sometimes played in competition with South American and Asian flutes. Tin whistles in a variety of makes and keys. ...
Tin whistles in a variety of makes and keys The tin whistle, also called the flageolet, pennywhistle, Irish whistle, or simply whistle, is a simple six-holed breath instrument. ...
Tri Yann is a celtic music band from Brittany. ...
Accordion Now the most popular Breton folk instrument, the accordion only arrived in large numbers in the country in about 1875, but its popularity grew quickly. Among the reasons for this were the instrument's cheapness and durability, and could be played solo, and was easier to learn. Perhaps the most important reason, though, was the instrument's association with couples dancing like waltzes and mazurkas, which stood in stark contrast to the line and round dances familiar in Breton folk; the perceived sexuality of the instrument's common dances may have made it more attractive. By the 1920s, the instrument was by far more popular than any other. 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The waltz (G.: Walzer, It. ...
The mazurka (Polish: mazurek, probably named after Polands Masuria district) is a Polish folk dance in triple metre with a lively tempo, containing a heavy accent on the third or second beat. ...
The 1920s is a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...
In the 1930s, chromatic accordions arrived in Brittany and jazz-influenced bands with saxophones, drum kits and banjos were formed. These included Yves Menez's Jazz-Menez and modern groups like Tammles, Maubuissons and Ti-Jaz. Other accordionists include Bruno Le Tron, Patrick Lefebvre, Yann Dour, Yann-Fañch Perroches and Alain Pennec. The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ...
Jazz is a style of music which originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century. ...
The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ...
A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is mostly a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ...
A four-string banjo For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin. ...
Bagpipes There are two types of bagpipes indigenous to Brittany. The veuze is very similar to other western European bagpipes, while the biniou kozh (old biniou in Breton) is much smaller and was used to accompany the bombarde. The biniou, which plays exactly one octave above the bombarde, and bombarde duo (sonner par couple) are an integral and common part of Breton folk music, and was used historically for dancing. The two performers play alternate lines that intersect at the end; the bombarde is not usually played every line, however, and is usually instead played every other line, or in three out of four lines. The Highland bagpipe, which was imported in the late 19th century, is often called binioù bras , sometime pib-veur (the large biniou, the large pipe). ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (938x714, 242 KB) Skildring Breton bagpipes. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (938x714, 242 KB) Skildring Breton bagpipes. ...
The Biniou is a mouth blown bagpipe from the Brittany region of France. ...
Bombardes from Kevrenn an Arvorig The bombarde is a French folk instrument from Brittany. ...
In music, an octave (sometimes abbreviated 8ve or 8va) is the interval between one musical note and another with half or double the frequency. ...
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Veuze The veuze has a chanter of conical bore fitted with a double reed and a drone fitted with one reed, both attached to a mouth-inflated bag. Its sound and design is similar to Flemish pipes and Galician gaita. In the 20th century, the term veuze came to be applied to the diatonic accordion, which had been recently imported, and the use of the bagpipes declined. Though still not common, it has rebounded since the Breton folk revival. A double reed is a type of reed used to produce sound in various wind instruments. ...
The (Galician) gaita or gaita de fol is a traditional bagpipe used in Galicia (Spain), and northern Portugal. ...
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This article is about the instrument as a whole. ...
Binioù bras The binioù bras (literally the big binioù), or Highlands bagpipe, was imported in the late 19th century, and became popular in the 1930s. It is now used in solo performances, along with a bombarde in a duo, and as part of the bagad, a kind of pipe band. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ...
Kevrenn an Arvorig here with dancer Bro ar Ster Goz A bagad is a Breton band, composed of biniou (Breton bagpipes), bombardes and snare drums. ...
During World War 2, Breton soldiers saw pipe bands in Scotland, and brought the idea and instrument back with them to Brittany. There, they added bombardes and drums in an ensemble called bagad (which means company in Breton). Those ensembles gained in popularity in the 1950s, just before the folk revival began. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
// Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ...
Binioù kozh The binioù kozh is more common, and was originally designed from the veuze in order to play in a higher register. Its pitch is higher and its chanter smaller than any other European bagpipe. Originally, it was common in the Breton-speaking area. It is often played as part of a duo with the bombarde, for dance accompaniment.
Bombarde The bombarde or bombard is an oboe, with six open holes and a seventh that can be closed with a single key. It has been in use since the 15th century, and has been played as part of a duo with bagpipes since the French Revolution. Later, in the 19th century, the binioù was invented, and plays exactly one octave above the bombarde. Bombardes from Kevrenn an Arvorig The bombarde is a French folk instrument from Brittany. ...
A bombard is a type of medieval cannon or mortar, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls. ...
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. ...
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The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period of major political and social change in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based...
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Biniou and bombarde duos include Jean Baron and Christian Anneix, Youenn Le Bihan and Patrick Molard and Pierre Crépillon and Laurent Bigot.
Also, the bombarde is now used to play solo music along with an another instrument, often loudy and calm like organ. The sacred music is well served by the clear and strong sound of the bombard, in combination with the traditional organ. The former players Jegat and Yhuel are renowned for this use of the bombard.
Modern Breton music Undoubtedly the most famous name in modern Breton music is Alan Stivell, who popularized the Celtic harp first in the fifties and sixties and on a wider level since the 1970s, with a series of albums including most famously Renaissance de la Harpe Celtique (1971) . His first harps were built by his father ; the celtic harp was unknown in Brittany before Alan Stivell. He began playing the bombarde in 1955, a double-reeded shawm (or oboe), and began recording Breton folk, Celtic harp and other Celtic music, mixing influences from American rock and roll and the main musical genres. Stivell's most important contribution to the Breton music scene, however, has probably been his importation of rock and other American styles, as well as the formation of the idea of a Breton band. From the album Reflets to the new one Explore, without forget Chemins de Terre (1973), Alan Stivell has made 22 albums and toured all over the world, influencing many musicians everywhere, experimenting many different fusions (Rock, Jazz-rock, Blues, Symphonic, Indian, African, Electro, Hip-hop, etc.). Alan Stivell at Lorient Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician from the town of Gourin. ...
The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ...
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1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...
Bombardes from Kevrenn an Arvorig The bombarde is a French folk instrument from Brittany. ...
The shawm was a Renaissance musical instrument of the woodwind family, made in Europe from the late 13th century until the 17th century. ...
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. ...
Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
Exploration is the act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery, e. ...
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Inspired by Stivell, a very large Breton scene grew up, specially after his Olympia concert in 1972. it was a true revolution: hundred of bands, thousand of musicians, of Festoù-noz, etc grew in the year after. Bands like Kornog and Gwerz arose, adapting elements of the Irish and Scottish Celtic music scene. Celtic music is a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Western Europe. ...
The most famous group of Breton musicians after Alan Stivell is Tri Yann, from Nantes (their original name is Tri Yann an Naoned, literally "the Three John's from Nantes"). They formed in 1972 and still remain very popular, describing themselves as producing progressive rock-folk-celto-medieval music! They have produced some musical gems, now standards, like "Les filles des Forges", "Les prisons de Nantes", "La Jument de Michao", "Pelot d'Hennebont", and new interpretation of Irish music, like "Cad é sin don té sin", "Si mort a mors" (originally An Cailín Rua), "La ville que j'ai tant aimée" (from "The town I loved so well"), "Mrs McDermott" (from the 17th-century Irish harpist Ó Carolan) and "Kalonkadour" (from "Planxty Irwin"). Tri Yann is a celtic music band from Brittany. ...
Traditional city flag City coat of arms Motto: (Latin: Shall Neptune favour the traveller) Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Département Loire-Atlantique (44) Région Pays-de-la-Loire Mayor Jean-Marc Ayrault (PS) (since 1989) Intercommunality Urban Community of Nantes City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 65. ...
Turlough OCarolan (Irish name Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin, 1670 - March 25, 1738) was a blind, itinerant Irish harper and composer whose great fame is due to his gifts for composition and verse. ...
Another famous band is Soldat Louis, from Port Louis, across the harbour from the city of Lorient. More rock-oriented, they plays modern compositions about Brittany and life on the sea ("Du rhum, des femmes", "Martiniquaise", "Pavillon noir"). The arms of Port Louis Port Louis banking district, and the main avenue leading to the Government House (seen in the background) Port Louis (pronounced locally as paw-louee) is the capital of Mauritius. ...
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Besides folk-rock, recent groups have included, as well as Alan Stivell, world music influences into their repertoires - especially younger groups such as Wig-a-Wag. Hip hop with a Celtic flavour has been espoused by groups such as Manau. Alan Stivell at Lorient Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician from the town of Gourin. ...
Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...
Manau is a French hip hop band formed in 1998, known for their fusing of traditional Celtic melodies with modern rap beats. ...
Brittany hosts many annual rock and pop festivals, the biggest in Brittany, being the Festival des Vieilles Charrues (held in late July in Carhaix, Finistère), the Route du Rock (mid-August, Saint-Malo) and the Transmusicales of Rennes, held in early December. The Vieilles Charrues Festival (Literally : Old Ploughs Festival) is held every year in mid-July in the city of Carhaix located in the heart of Brittany. ...
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Les Trasmusicales is a 3-day music festival held annually in Rennes, Brittany. ...
Some medieval houses, such as these at Champ-Jacquet, can still be found in the center of Rennes. ...
Chanteurs engagés A chanteur engagé (literally [ideologically] engaged singer) is a singer that is roughly analogous to a singer of protest songs. These songs are usually nationalistic, and are celebrations of Breton culture. This is mostly a modern tradition, though some older songs of this type are known and the tradition stretches into the ancient past of Brittany. Chanteurs engagés are often also singers of more traditional material. A protest song is a song intended to protest perceived problems in society such as injustice, racial discrimination, war, globalization, inflation, social inequalities, incarceration, the Greenhouse effect, the global warming. ...
The first chanteur engagé to be quoted is the maverick Glenmor (1931-1996), or to give him his real name, Emile Le Scanf (or Milig Ar Scañv in Breton. He had some influence, mainly in the breton movement and around, and on some new-comers as the best known, Gilles Servat, whose "La Blanche Hermine" has been a popular Breton anthem since the 1970s. Gilles Servat at Lorient Gilles Servat was born in Tarbes in southern France in 1945, into a family whose roots lay in the Naoned/Nantes region of Brittany. ...
Template:A year The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
Gallo Though the Breton folk revival focused on songs in the Breton and songs in French, the Pays Gallo area of Brittany (the region on the border with France) has seen a more limited revival in repertoire in Gallo and produces singers and groups including Ôbrée Alie, Yann Dour, while various bands, such as Tri Yann, perform a selection of Gallo songs. Breton (Breton: Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany (Breizh) and Loire-Atlantique (historically part of Brittany) in France. ...
Gallo is a regional language of France, traditionally spoken in Eastern Brittany. ...
Tri Yann is a celtic music band from Brittany. ...
Breton Musicians Yann-Ber Kalloch (b. ...
Dan ar Braz at Lorient Dan Ar Braz, born Daniel Le Bras (1949, Quimper, Brittany), is a Breton guitarist and the founder of Héritage des Celtes. ...
The Breton-language name for the city of Quimper, France. ...
Poor Man’s Fortune is a band from Austin, Texas, USA, who play traditional Irish music, traditional Scottish music and traditional Breton Music. ...
Denez Prigent is a Breton singer of the gwerz and kan ha diskan Breton styles, who has recorded 5 albums and has appeared with Lisa Gerrard on two duets. ...
Gilles Servat at Lorient Gilles Servat was born in Tarbes in southern France in 1945, into a family whose roots lay in the Naoned/Nantes region of Brittany. ...
Didier Squiban (born 23 September 1959 in Ploudalmézeau) is a Breton pianist and composer from France. ...
Alan Stivell at Lorient Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician from the town of Gourin. ...
Tri Yann is a celtic music band from Brittany. ...
References - Winick, Stephen D. "Brittany". 2001. In Mathieson, Kenny (Ed.), Celtic music, pp. 110-139. Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-623-8
Films - Of Pipers and Wrens (1997). Produced and directed by Gei Zantzinger, in collaboration with Dastum. Lois V. Kuter, ethnomusicological consultant. Devault, Pennsylvania: Constant Spring Productions.
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