Songs of oral tradition in the Breton language
in books, reviews, manuscripts, discs, cassettes, CDs

What’s new?

Release 18 (October 2025)

Added:
  • 256 items
  • 130 new song types (M-3216 to M-3345)
  • 86 new summaries
They are taken from:
  • The 15 items from Mary-Ann CONSTANTINE's book, Breton Ballads, published by CMCS Publications in 1996.
  • The 59 items from Mary-Ann CONSTANTINE and Éva GUILLOREL's book and CD, Miracles & Murders - An Introduction Anthology of Breton Ballads, published by Oxford University Press in 2017.
  • The 30 items from Donatien LAURENT's book and CD, Parcours d'un ethnologue, published by Emgleo Breiz in 2012.
  • The 23 items from the CD "Tradition chantée de Bretagne - Les sources du Barzaz Breiz aujourd'hui" published by Ar Men and Dastum in 1989. Audio files of these versions are available.
  • The 139 items from the GOADEC Sisters' discography (vinyls and CDs) are available. The 56 MP3s from the vinyls are available for listening.
  • The 63 items from Dastum's Grands Interprètes de Bretagne CD collection
    • N° 2 - Manu KERJEAN
    • N° 4 - Marie-Josèphe BERTRAND
    • N° 6 - André DRUMEL
  • The 148 items from Dastum's Tradition Vivante de Bretagne CD collection
    • Vol. 1 - Gouel 20 vloaz Dastum, 1993
    • Vol. 2 - Quand les Bretons passent à table, 1994
    • Vol. 5 - Musique et chants des pays de Pontivy, Baud et pays Pourlet, 1994
    • Vol. 6 - Ur wezh ’ oa bopred… - Veillées en Bretagne, 1997
    • Vol. 8 - Filaj e Langidic - Veillées à Languidic, 1998
    • Vol. 10 - A beb tu d’er Blañhoèh - Chants traditionnels en pays de Melrand, Guern, Pluméliau, Baud, Bubry, 1999
    • Vol. 13 - Gwerzioù ha sonioù Bro Dreger - Le répertoire trégorrois 100 ans après Luzel…, 1999
    • Vol. 14 - Danses et mélodies du Léon, 2000
    • Vol. 19 - Ruzerion Trouré - Sonenneu Langidig, 2015
    • Vol. 21 - Dastum 50 - Kanerien ha sonerien Vreizh, 2022
    • Vol. 22 - Line Marnée Ur ganerez eus Tremenac’h e Plougerne - Chanteuse de Plouguerneau, 2023
  • The 167 items from Dastum's Bretagne des Pays CD collection
    • Vol. 1 - Pays Pagan - Bro Bagan, 2006
    • Vol. 2 - Pays Bigouden - Ar Vro Vigouden, 2006
    • Vol. 5 - Pays Montagne - Chanteuses et chanteurs de tradition, 2017
    • Vol. 6 - Pays Fisel - Ar Vro Fisel - Chanteurs, sonneurs et conteurs, 2020
    • Vol. 7 - Pays Pourlet - Ar Vro Pourlet, 2021
The Oral Tradition catalogue currently lists 3,001 song types and 1,990 song occurrences, 266 more occurrences than in the previous version.

Release 17 (May 2025)

Release 16 (October 2024)

Release 15 (August 2024)

Release 14 (May 2024)

Release 13 (February 2024)

Release 12 (November 2023)

Release 11 (September 2023)

Release 10 (March 2023)

Release 9 (September 2022)

Release 8 (August 2021)

Release 7 (December 2020)

Release 6 (December 2019)

Release 5 (August 2019)

Release 4 (September 2018)

Release 3 (January 2018)

Release 2 (April 2017)

Release 1 (March 2017)

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