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Dances of France I - Brittany and Bourbonnais

Dances of France I - Brittany and Bourbonnais

Hardcover

Dance

ISBN10: 191431106X
ISBN13: 9781914311062
Publisher: Noverre Pr
Published: Mar 31 2021
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Though France is, above all, the land of civilised sophistication, the old popular traditions still live on in the countryside. In their folk dances, as in their music and costume, the different regions present a rich variety. This book begins with the sea girt land of Brittany, where fifteen hundred years ago the men of Cornwall, fleeing before the Saxon invader, founded Cornouaille across the sea. Then it takes us to the Bourbonnais, in the little known heart of France, where langue d'oil and langue d'oc meet. The old dances are accompanied by traditional instruments, such as the Breton bombarde and biniou, and the vielle that is still made in the Bourbonnais by men who learned the craft from their fathers.

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