Merci Michel pour les renseignements et les liens precieux - je les passerai aux vielleux anglais. Chez nous la vielle bretonne est meconnue, comme vous avez sans doute constate par ma reponse a Emma. On espere la connaitre mieux dans l'avenir Amicalement
Clare On Saturday, 27 December 2014 15:02:17 UTC, [email protected] wrote: > > Bonjour, > > I'm the President of "Association Vielle à roue en Bretagne", and I'm > sorry for my bad english. > I try to give 2 ou 3 answers to this large question of the breton > repertoire for vielle. > > The breton model for vielle is "Pimpard - hautes éclisses" : Pimpard > (maker in Jenzat), in the 80's of the XIXth century, sell vielles to a > watchmaker living in Lamballe (Côtes du Nord - one of the four departments > of Brittany) : Isidore Cloteaux. So, the vielles were not labelled by > Pimpard, but by Cloteaux - Horloger - Lamballe, the re-seller ! > A large part of vielles played in Bretagne were Pimpard / Cloteaux models. > And some vielles were made by handcraft of very humble people (peasants, > sailors...) > > The vielle in Bretagne concern the part where the french language was > spoken (Haute Bretagne) and not the part where the breton language was > spoken. The border of playing / not playing the vielle was (and is even > today) the same as the border of the languages french / breton (maybe, > some exceptions..) > The territory where the vielle is played is the East of the Côtes du Nord > (now named Côtes d'Armor) to the West side of the Ille et Vilaine, from the > North of Rennes to Saint Malo : a square of 80 or 100 kilometers, at the > East of Brittany, near France (Brittany was a duchy independent from France > until the XVIth century) > > So, the traditional repertoire is not very particular in breton music (as > An-Dro, Hanter-Dro, round danses...), but come from the old french dances > as "contredanses" from the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries. > When find quadrilles, polka, scottisch, marches, valses, mazurkas played > on the vielles. And specific local dances like Guédennes, Aéroplane.. > > There is no book or public sources for this music. Number of "sonneurs de > vielle" have been collected in the 80's by the previous association > "Collectif Vielle" especially by Michel Colleu, and you hear some of them > on the web " Dastum -> archives du patrimoine oral : médiathèque > dastum.net". > A CD was realized by Le Chasse Marée in Douarnenez : "Sonneurs de vielle > en Bretagne". You can by this CD here : > http://www.chasse-maree.com/musique/1419-sonneurs-de-vielle-en-bretagne.html > The main "sonneurs de vielle" were recorded for this CD, so you can here > the specific "jeu breton" (breton art of playing !), and capture the melody > with your musical ear ! > > The association "Vielle à roue en Bretagne" is too recent (December 2013) > to have made a collector of the main tunes for vielle ! But it's a > editorial line we can manage in the next years, with the help of the > musical sources in Dastum. (help us "liking" our FB page ! Or subscribing > the association - you can contact me : [email protected] <javascript:>) > > I hope help some of US vielleux ! > > Happy new year, friends ! > > Michel > > > > Le 25 déc. 2014 à 14:07, Henry Boucher <[email protected] > <javascript:>> a écrit : > > Bonjour , > > The largest Breton population outside France is in New York > city , I suggest you get in contact with Bagad New-York , as get > probably > have a good selection of dance tunes from the western Brittany , > those most played in Fest-Noz . > http://www.bagad.us/ > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKWVEto8E-g > > > Now , the hurdy gurdy Is specific of the " pays Gallo " > , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallo_language > There used to be a Gallo HD , a large guitar shaped instrument > called " vielle à hautes éclisses " in the catalogs , but I have not > seen such > instrument recently . > > There is a Face Book group called Vielle en Bretagne , > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vielle-à-roue-en-Bretagne/698070410211775 > I guess they should be of some help ? > > Those books are also available > http://www.skolvreizh.com/catalog?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=44&category_id=2 > They are not sheet music books , but contain many tunes and > description of the dances or ceremonies where they are played . > > > Hope it is of some help , > > > Henry Boucher > St Lambert , Québec > > > > Le 2014-12-25 à 02:25, [email protected] <javascript:> a écrit : > > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/hurdygurdy/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/hurdygurdy/topics> > > > - Breton music sources? - 1 Update > > Breton music sources? > <http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/t/aa9ffec5f18fc3ba?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Back to top > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. 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