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Gwerz (Breton: [
ɡʷɛ̞ʀz], "ballad", "lament",
plural gwerzioù) is a type of folk song of Brittany. In
Breton music, the
gwerz tells a
story which can be...
- Yscolan", from The Four
Ancient Books of Wales, by W. F. Skene, 1868 "
Gwerz Skolan" is a
gwerz with a long
tradition in
Lower Brittany,
especially Léon-Trégor...
-
February 1966 in Santec, Finistère) is a
Breton folk singer-songwriter of the
gwerz and kan ha
diskan styles of
Breton music. From his
debut at the age of 16...
- The
Gwerz Santes Enori is a
Breton gwerz, a type of folk song that
combines literary with
musical characteristics. The song,
which is
preserved in many...
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Lyrics and
sheet music for the
Breton gwerz "Ar Roue
Gralon ha Kear Is" ("King
Gradlon and the City of Ys", 1850). This uses the
archaic spelling Kear...
- The
Gwerz an
Aotrou Nann (French:
Gwerz du
Seigneur Nann et la Fée English:The
Ballad of Lord Nann) is a
gwerz in the
Barzaz Breiz,
previously entitled...
- both
types are
usually by a soloist. A
gwerz is a
lament characterized by a
gloomy tone and
subject matter. A
Gwerz typically describes tragic events such...
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Lyrics and
sheet music for the
Breton gwerz "Ar Roue
Gralon ha Kear Is" ("King
Gradlon and the City of Ys", 1850)...
- "Marv Pontkalleg" (The
Death of Pontcallec) is a
traditional gwerz,
included as no. XLVI in
Barzaz Breiz, a book of
traditional Breton songs collected...
- and roll in his
works and
influenced 1970s
Breton bands such as Kornog,
Gwerz (band) [fr] and Tri Yann, who
revived traditional songs and made them po****r...
