LA TRADITION DE LA VEUZE EN PAYS NANTAIS
Chanteurs et musiciens de Bretagne N°2
TRADITION OF THE VEUZE IN THE NANTES REGION
Singers and musicians in Brittany N°2
Dastum, 1990, DAS-112
I posted in August 2021 another tape released by Dastum. This is the second one of a series and focuses on the bagpipe called ''veuze'' (meaning bladder in the local dialect) which survived in the Pays Nantais and around until the revival in Brittany saved it from oblivion. This bagpipe is close to the Spanish gaita with one chanter equipped with a double reed and one drone (single reed). It probably appeared during the XIIIth century along with other types of bagpipes in Western Europe. According to some scholars the veuze was at some point played in a vast area in Western France. Now it is played again extensively thanks to pipe makers and pipers who were parts of the Breton revival. Here the veuze is played by several young musicians at the time : Thierry Moreau, Pierre-Yves Le Goff and Jean-Yves Séveno. With them are also present fiddle and diatonic accordion players as well as singers. The repertory is totally traditional except for one set (B3) which was composed by P.Y. Le Goff.
There is a booklet in French.
Dastum will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year (https://www.dastum.bzh/)
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