Quò es per comentar la pagina "music" dau sit dau National Greographic.Central France (Berry, Nivernais, Morvan, Auvergne, Bourbonnais) is famous for raucous yet graceful country dances like the bourrée,
which, depending on where it is found, trips along in either double or
triple time. This is ancestral vielle-à-roue territory; indeed, one
town, Jenzat in the Auvergne, was once entirely devoted to the
instrument's manufacture. The bagpipes also flourish here, and the
region is noted for its many modern virtuosi, such as Eric Montbel
(Limousin), Phillippe Priere (Bourbon) and Raphaêl Thiery (Morvan). Auvergnat players are devoted to a bellows-driven droneless pipe called the cabrette;
Michel Isbelin and Jean Bona are two of its best-known exponents.
Limousin is also home to a notable style of fiddling , and Olivier Dorif
and Françoise Etay are a pair of respected performers. Reissues of
albums by 1970s-era groups like Malicorne, La Bamboche and Le Grand
Rouge are also well worth seeking out.
The Southern provinces (Gascony, Languedoc, Béarn, Rousillon,
Provence, Pays Basque ) are redolent of a musky romance derived from the
legacy of the troubadours, 12th-century poets and musicians
whose lushly passionate, frank and topical songs were composed in a
Latin-based language called Provençal. Today's dialects, including
Occitan, Gascon and Béarnaise, roll off the tongue and flavor the
area's tunes with a languid yet tartly virile sensuality. As in the
Central areas, the bagpipe is commonly heard as is the hurdy-gurdy,
along with woodwinds, plucked and bowed strings and percussion. Gascony
is well represented by a group called Perlinpinpin Fole, which later
evolved into a more experimental outfit called Ténarèze. Languedoc's
local bagpipe, the bodega, is often paired with oboes and instruments imported from nearby cultures.
Marilis Orianaa is the undisputed queen of the Béarnaise-languageRousillon singers. , or French Catalonia, is where the sardana
is the favorite dance and oboelike woodwinds like the tible, tarota and
tenora predominate, although old-style shawm and bagpipe ensembles are
gaining ground. In Provence, Rosina de Peira and Jean-Luc Madier are
among the singers who perform in Occitan, the latter-day version of the
Provençal language of the troubadours. But while music of the
historically embattled Pays Basque has its charms, that of the
adjoining Spanish-held region is more varied and authentic.
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