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At 22:24 22/02/00 -0000, you wrote: >Hi Don, > >Now it's my turn to help you! > >Joseph Canteloube was a very significant collector, and his published music >"Song of the Auvergne" is just a bit of his work. His great publication is >the five-volume "Anthologie des chants populaires français" published by >Durand et cie in Paris in 1951. It is a superb work, and his material is >truly wonderful. Unfortunately it is about as rare as hen's teeth. I have >been looking for a copy for myself for ages, without success. However, any The Gascon volume is available, from at least two sellers if you are interested. Stephen Miller >decent university library should have a copy. I suppose you might draw a >parallel between Canteloube and Vaughan Williams, in that both were avid >collectors and made excellent arrangements of their "finds". One of the >interesting things that you find from reading his book is that "Songs from >the Auvergne" contains songs not from the Auvergne!! But who cares? The >music is fabulous. > >As regards a French Sharp or Child, there's no such luck. There are many >collections, but they tend to be of the type that ignores the music or the >words. Doncieux is a prime example. What you need to be aware of is the >strong regional character of French folk music which is reflected in the >collections. Collectors seem in the main to have specialised in particular >localities. If you want to know about Breton stuff, then talk to Mary Ann >Constantine, who is on this list. My own interest is Catalonia, which spills >over from Spain into France, specifically the Roussillon and the Cerdagne. >The most important collector here is Jean Poueigh (Chansons populaires des >Pyrenées françaises, Paris, Champion, 1926), but others include: > >Cécile Marie, Anthologie de la chanson occitane, Paris, Maissonneuve et >Larose, 1975) >Louis Lambert, Chants et chansons populaires du Languedoc, Paris, 1906 repr. >Marseilles, Laffitte Reprints, 1983 >Jérome Bujeaud, Chants et chansons populaires des provinces de l'ouest, >Niort, 1905, repr. Laffitte Reprints,(nd) >George Doncieux, Le romancéro populaire de la France: choix de chansons >populaires françaises, Paris, Bouillon, 1904 > >There is also the dreaded Histoire de la chanson populaire en France of >Julien Tiersot, but I would respectfully suggest you steer clear of this, >since his musical ideas are (to say the least) odd. More details in my >thesis, when finished. If you want analysis then look at the (several) works >of Patrice Courault. > >This is by no means a complete list, but reflects my interests in the far >south west. Other useful names are Weckerlin, Davenson, Rolland and >Colet/Dumerson. Other subscribers to the list may have some better ideas. > >If you want recordings, then you need to get in touch with AMTA in Riom. >They do loads of CDs of really good traditional French and Occitane music of >all kinds. I can give you more details if you wish. > >Fimally, look for Marc Robine's book "Anthologie de la chanson française". >This covers everything from the troubadours through folk songs of all >descriptions, music hall songs and stuff right up to this century. Apart >from being a monster reference work (with a useful bibliography), it comes >with no fewer than 14 CDs containing 321 songs! It was published by Albin >Michel in Paris in 1994. The ISBN is 2-226-07479-1. I can recommend the sea >shanty "Père Winslow" which rejoices in the chorus "gimme some time to blow >the man down" which in a French accent has to be heard to be believed! > >Cheers >Simon > > > --------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Miller Faculty Office Faculty of Social Sciences University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8RT 0141 339 8855 extn 0223 http://www.gla.ac.uk/faculties/socialsciences/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%