Nominoe's Vow, an illustration to the English translation of Barzaz Breiz, depicting the early Breton leader Nominoe vowing vengeance on the Franks for killing a Breton emissary
Barzaz Breiz (in modern spelling Barzhaz Breizh, meaning "Ballads of Brittany": barzh is the equivalent of "bard" and Breizh means "Brittany") is a collection of Breton popular songs collected by Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué and published in 1839. It was compiled from oral tradition and preserves traditional folk tales, legends and music. Hersart de la Villemarqué grew up in the manor of Plessix in Nizon, near Pont-Aven, and was half Breton himself.
BarzazBreiz (in modern spelling Barzhaz Breizh, meaning "Ballads of Brittany": barzh is the equivalent of "bard" and Breizh means "Brittany") is a collection...
the mid-twentieth century Breiz da Zont (Brittany of the Future), a Breton nationalist periodical of the 1930s BarzazBreiz (Ballads of Brittany), a book...
Celtic Colloquium, Vol. 2. pp. 19–30. de La Villemarqué, TH. (1846). Barzaz-Breiz: Chants populaires de la Bretagne (in French) (Quatrième Édition ed.)...
Death of Pontcallec) is a traditional gwerz, included as no. XLVI in BarzazBreiz, a book of traditional Breton songs collected in Cornouaille, Brittany...
Seigneur Nann et la Fée English:The Ballad of Lord Nann) is a gwerz in the BarzazBreiz, previously entitled La Korik and Le Seigneur Nann et la Korrigan. Donatien...
variously by writers on Breton folklore. Théodore de Villemarqué in BarzazBreiz uses the term interchangeably with "fairy" and distinguishes them from...
of Rennes. The horse's neighs of distress can still be heard. In the BarzazBreiz, recounted by Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué, the horse is both a...
lyrics except for the traditional song Ar rannoù that appears in the BarzazBreiz, and most of the musics, using both traditional instruments and electronic...
preserves Breton mythology, legends, and music. Although hugely influential, BarzazBreiz came under attack from a later generation of collectors, who accused...
A pioneer in the revival of Breton chanson, she performs songs from BarzazBreiz, a collection of popular Breton songs, but also more recent compositions...
de la Villemarqué's collection of largely nationalistic Breton songs, BarzazBreiz, was also influential, and was partially responsible for preserving Breton...
numerous examples collected by Theodore Hersart de la Villemarqué in his BarzazBreiz, by Emmanuel Cosquin in his Contes Lorrains, and by John Francis Campbell...
Nominoe's Vow, a Victorian illustration to a ballad about Nominoe in BarzazBreiz in which he vows vengeance on the Franks for killing a Breton emissary...
exploits in Breton folklore, in particular in a ballad collected in BarzazBreiz, which relates her attack on the camp at Hennebont. In Jeanne Coroller-Danio's...
Hersart de la Villemarqué discusses his actions in his historical notes to BarzazBreiz (The Ballads of Brittany), in which he included a ballad Marv Pontkalleg...
la déesse celtique du Menez Hom (1971) Aux origines du Barzaz-Breiz (1974) Autour du Barzaz-Breiz : Le Faucon (Ar Falc'hon) (1977) Aymar de Blois et les...
Beaumanoir's knights kneel in prayer before battle. Illustration by J. E. Millais to Tom Taylor's translation of a Breton language ballad in BarzazBreiz...
(posthumous) – Vila Rica Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué (compiler) – BarzazBreiz (Breton Ballads) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – Voices of the Night Louis...
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