The Music of Western France
The West of France is made up of the Pays de Nante, the provinces of Vende, Maine, Vendee, Anjou, and the Poitou-Charentes region, the fol...
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West of France is made up of the Pays de Nante, the provinces of Vende, Maine,
Vendee, Anjou, and the Poitou-Charentes region, the folks of ballad-singing,
dance-songs and fiddle-playing have survived, predominately in Poitou and the
Vendee. Jerome Bujeaud collected extensively in the place, and his 2 volumes
work chants et chansons populaires des province de l’ouest, Poitou, Saintonge,
Aunis et Angoumois (Niort, 1866) remains the principal scholarly collections of
music and rhythms. In the recent years John wright and Claude Ribouillalt
(amongst others) have done much to collect, analyze and promote the surviving
folks.
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The
Marais Breton of vendee is noted particularly for its folk of veuze playing
which has been revived by the bagpipe-maker and player Thierry Bertrand and for
traditional composer like Pierre Burgaud. The folk dances specific to the West
of France include the courante or maraichine, and the bal santongeais. Bourees
in triple time have been noted in the 19th century by Bujeaud, and
more currently, in Angoumois. Circle-or chain- dances followed by callers-and-
response singing have been noted in the West, and also in other area like
Normandy, Brittany and Gascony.