Songs of oral tradition in the French language
in books, reviews, manuscripts, discs, cassettes, CDs

Credits

The team working on the research, the database and the website is unpaid. It is composed of:

The team of Kan.bzh present at the 2017 Breton language Festival in Langonnet
The team of Kan.bzh present at the 2017 Breton language Festival in Langonnet

  • Didier Bécam

    Didier Bécam designed the structure of the Database on the French-speaking Breton Oral Tradition.He identified the different occurrences of the songs, completing the Laforte and Coirault catalogues.
    He created the PDF files associated with the songs and digitized the sound editions for listening.

  • Nolwenn Morvan

    Nolwenn Morvan has developed this website, which is the interface between the database and the user.
    Her website: nolwenn-morvan.bzh. Feel free to contact her for any inquiries.

Many thanks to our translators: Didier Bécam and Mike James for English, Laurence Berthou-Bécam, Patrick Malrieu and Nolwenn Morvan for Breton. Thanks to Jessica Haumont and Bèrtran Ôbrée from Chubri for the Gallo translation of the main page, Régis Auffray for the town names in Gallo.

Thanks to those who have allowed us to upload excerpts of their publications in PDF or MP3 format:
  • Dastum for its audio editions
  • L’association De Ouip en Ouap for the CDs and booklets of theirs singing evening
  • L’Épille for its audio editions
  • Yves-Roger LE BORGNE for analyzing CDs from De Ouip en Ouap
  • Le Goupement Culturel Breton des Pays de Vilaine (G.C.B.P.V) of Redon for their audio editions of La Bogue
  • Roland BROU for his CD "Trois garçons du lion d’or"
  • Gilles David and Yves Huguel for their cassette "Chants et mélodies traditionnelles"
  • Pierre Guillard for his cassette "Chants a capella"
  • Marie-Noëlle Le Mapihan for the 33 rpm vinyl of Debrerezed Skouarn
  • Vincent Morel for his thesis on "Les complaintes criminelles"

Thanks to all the people who have helped us, whether during the researchs or during the tests of the site.

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