Songs of oral tradition in the French language
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General informations - Statistics

Songs

Songs-types: 3123
Songs: 10954 occurrences corresponding to 7753 versions
Songs classified into 125 themes
Available abstracts: 1975 (63.2%)
Available interpretations in Mp3: 1877

Versions
  • Unique version: 1881 (60.2%)
  • Multiple versions: 1242 (39.8%) - Up to 78 versions

Collectors

462 collectors have collected 6745 songs (87%)
  • 1 single song: 212 collectors (45.9%)
  • 2 songs: 60 collectors (13%)
  • 3 songs: 40 collectors (8.7%)
  • 4 songs: 14 collectors (3%)
  • 5 songs and more: 136 collectors (29.4%)
The most prolific:
  1. RADIOYÈS Louisette : 501 versions of 367 song-types
  2. POULAIN Albert : 332 versions of 242 song-types
  3. SOREAU Abel : 290 versions of 219 song-types

Performers

1282 performers: 675 women (57.2%), 506 men (42.8%) 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
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