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'''CRESTED HENS, THE''' (Les Poules huppées). French, Bourrée à 3 temps (3/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed in 1983 by French national and hurdy-gurdy (''vielle a roue'') player, Gilles Chabenat, who remarks that some bars of a Debussy composition served as inspiration for the germ of the tune. It is of a type from central France, where it is also a folk dance, and is usually played at a medium tempo, although this tune is often heard played slower (a la the Irish group Solas who popularized the tune and translated the title). Gilles remarks that the title was a kind of nonsense play, from his teenage years. The tune is often mistakenly ascribed Breton origins, and to varying degrees of antiquity, however, it is a modern composition by Chabenat. | '''CRESTED HENS, THE''' (Les Poules huppées). French, Bourrée à 3 temps (3/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed in 1983 by French national and hurdy-gurdy (''vielle a roue'') player, Gilles Chabenat, who remarks that some bars of a Debussy composition served as inspiration for the germ of the tune. It is of a type from central France, where it is also a folk dance, and is usually played at a medium tempo, although this tune is often heard played slower (a la the Irish group Solas who popularized the tune and translated the title). Gilles remarks that the title was a kind of nonsense play, from his teenage years. The tune is often mistakenly ascribed Breton origins, and to varying degrees of antiquity, however, it is a modern composition by Chabenat. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Stevens ('''Massif Central Tune Book No. 1'''), 1987; No. 34. | ''Printed sources'': Stevens ('''Massif Central Tune Book No. 1'''), 1987; No. 34. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Karen Ashbrook - "Knock on the Door" (learned at the Victoria Pub, London). Shanachie 78002, "Solas." </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Karen Ashbrook - "Knock on the Door" (learned at the Victoria Pub, London). Shanachie 78002, "Solas." </font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/c13.htm#Crehe]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/c13.htm#Crehe]<br> | ||
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CRESTED HENS, THE (Les Poules huppées). French, Bourrée à 3 temps (3/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed in 1983 by French national and hurdy-gurdy (vielle a roue) player, Gilles Chabenat, who remarks that some bars of a Debussy composition served as inspiration for the germ of the tune. It is of a type from central France, where it is also a folk dance, and is usually played at a medium tempo, although this tune is often heard played slower (a la the Irish group Solas who popularized the tune and translated the title). Gilles remarks that the title was a kind of nonsense play, from his teenage years. The tune is often mistakenly ascribed Breton origins, and to varying degrees of antiquity, however, it is a modern composition by Chabenat.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Stevens (Massif Central Tune Book No. 1), 1987; No. 34.
Recorded sources: Karen Ashbrook - "Knock on the Door" (learned at the Victoria Pub, London). Shanachie 78002, "Solas."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Solas's recording on youtube.com [2]