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

General informations - Statistics

Songs

Songs-types: 3210
Songs: 11341 occurrences corresponding to 8050 versions
Songs classified into 128 themes
Abstracts available: 2250 (70.1%)
MP3 interpretation files available: 1877

Versions
  • Unique version: 1921 (59.8%)
  • Multiple versions: 1289 (40.2%) - Up to 79 versions

Collectors

477 collectors have collected 7056 songs (87.7%)
  • 1 single song: 222 collectors (46.5%)
  • 2 songs: 62 collectors (13%)
  • 3 songs: 39 collectors (8.2%)
  • 4 songs: 15 collectors (3.1%)
  • 5 songs and more: 139 collectors (29.1%)
The most prolific:
  1. RADIOYÈS Louisette : 501 versions corresponding to 367 song-types
  2. POULAIN Albert : 332 versions corresponding to 242 song-types
  3. DRÉAN Hervé : 300 versions corresponding to 235 song-types

Performers

1314 performers: 696 women (57.3%), 518 men (42.7%) in 314 different locations
The most prolific:
  1. POTIER (Mme GALLAIS) Gisèle : 173 performances
  2. BROU Roland : 97 performances
  3. LE BRETON (Mme SUCHET) Rose : 83 performances
Contact Facebook Page
To top