Cornemuses de France 1

 CORNEMUSES DE FRANCE VOLUME 1

BAGPIPES OF FRANCE VOL.1

Auvergne, Berry, Bourbonnais, Limousin, Nivernais

Discovale, 1976, WM 11

 When the revival started in France at the end of the sixties bagpipes and hurdy-gurdies were percieved as ''exotic'' instruments and young musicians were attracted to them and the musics that were played on them. France is also very rich in different sorts of bagpipes

This album presents bagpipes from the center of France while the second volume focuses on other regions.

These five regions or provinces here  are known for their great variety of bagpipes. All the players are therefore young ones, all involved in the revival of these fascinating (and troublesome) instruments by playing them, reconstructing them, discovering bits of old bagpipes in attics or local museums etc...

Bernard Blanc, Eric Montbel, Frédéric Paris, Jean Blanchard, Mic Baudimant and Bruno Dumontet play on their own or in duets with diatonic accordion, hurdy-gurdy or fiddle on three tracks. Most of them became essential in the dissemination and study of bagpipes through concerts, workshops, discs, books, ...

It was a very interesting album at the time as it was possible to approach the world of piping in France with two LPs.

Discovale was a French label active between 1976 and 1982.

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