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Renaissance of the Celtic Harp

Renaissance de la Harpe Celtique or Renaissance of the Celtic Harp is a 1972[1][2] record album by the Breton master of the Celtic harp Alan Stivell that revolutionised the connection between traditional folk music, modern rock music and world music.[3]

Renaissance of the Celtic Harp

1972

at Studio Des Dames, Paris by Paul Haudebinr & Philippe Lerichomme

Celtic music / Celtic fusion
New-age / World music
Breton traditional music
Irish traditional music
Welsh traditional music
Scottish traditional music
Manx traditional music

37:32

Fontana/Philips

Franck Giboni

Bass [Bass Guitar] - Gérard Levavsseur, Gérard Salkowsky

Bombarde - Alan Kloatr, Mig Ar Biz

Cello - Henri Delagarde, Jean Huchot, Manuel Recasens

Double Bass - Jean-Marc Dollez

Drums - Guy Cascales

Drums [Scottish] - Yann-Fanch Ar Merdy

Electric Guitar - Dan Ar Bras

Organ - Gilles Tinayjre

Percussion, Tabla - Michel Delaporte

Producer - Franck Giboni

Viola - Gabriel Beauvais, Paul Hadjaje, Pierre Cheval, Stéphane Weiner

A1 Variations on folk themes. (Traditional, arranged by A. Stivell)

Ys

A2 ("The Death of Pontcallec") Folk themes. A classical arrangement of Breton music. (Traditional, arranged by Denise Megevand)

Marv Pontkalleg

Pennlyn

A4 Eliz Iza Breton mountain folk song. (Traditional, arranged by A. Stivell)

Side A:


Side B:

Fontana 6325 302 [original French release]

Philips 6414 406 [British release (w/ translated title) of 1973]

Polydor 2424 069 [Canadian release of 1973]

[9]

Rounder 3067 [American release of 1982]

Philips 51 [British cassette/vinyl of 1983, re-released in 1990]

Philips 818007-2 [British CD release of 1990]

[10]

Jonathyne Briggs, Sounds French: Globalization, Cultural Communities, and Pop Music in France, 1958-1980, Oxford University Press, 2015, Chapter 4 "Sounds Regional: The World in Breton Folk Music"  9780199377091

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