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

Songs

Songs-types: 3332
Songs: 11713 occurrences corresponding to 8390 versions
Songs classified into 129 themes
Abstracts available: 2647 (79.4%)
MP3 interpretation files available: 1877

Versions
  • Unique version: 1967 (59%)
  • Multiple versions: 1365 (41%) - Up to 98 versions

Collectors

485 collectors have collected 7411 songs (88.3%)
  • 1 single song: 225 collectors (46.4%)
  • 2 songs: 66 collectors (13.6%)
  • 3 songs: 39 collectors (8%)
  • 4 songs: 14 collectors (2.9%)
  • 5 songs and more: 141 collectors (29.1%)
The most prolific:
  1. GUÉRIFF Fernand : 594 versions corresponding to 476 song-types
  2. RADIOYÈS Louisette : 501 versions corresponding to 367 song-types
  3. POULAIN Albert : 332 versions corresponding to 241 song-types

Performers

1329 performers: 708 women (57.4%), 526 men (42.6%) in 317 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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