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

General informations - Statistics

Songs

Songs-types: 3291
Songs: 11582 occurrences corresponding to 8267 versions
Songs classified into 129 themes
Abstracts available: 2600 (79%)
MP3 interpretation files available: 1877

Versions
  • Unique version: 1960 (59.6%)
  • Multiple versions: 1331 (40.4%) - Up to 99 versions

Collectors

484 collectors have collected 7286 songs (88.1%)
  • 1 single song: 224 collectors (46.3%)
  • 2 songs: 66 collectors (13.6%)
  • 3 songs: 39 collectors (8.1%)
  • 4 songs: 14 collectors (2.9%)
  • 5 songs and more: 141 collectors (29.1%)
The most prolific:
  1. RADIOYÈS Louisette : 501 versions corresponding to 367 song-types
  2. GUÉRIFF Fernand : 474 versions corresponding to 389 song-types
  3. POULAIN Albert : 332 versions corresponding to 242 song-types

Performers

1321 performers: 700 women (57.4%), 519 men (42.6%) in 315 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
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