Seeking French songbook - Chanson Vole I

Subject: Folklore: French songbook
From: robinia
Date: 07 Jul 06 - 05:13 AM

Any suggestions on how to find Chanson Vole I -- a collection of (mostly) French traditional song, published first in l975 and then (with some revised contents) in l993 under the direction of the Departement de l'Instruction publique et des Cultes du Canton de Vaud (Switzerland)? I have the 1993 copy, happily found in a box of books that another wwoofer and I were carrying off to storage from a Brittany farmhouse, in process of conversion to chambres d'hote. With the first tenants due to arrive Monday evening (as we learned Sunday morning), it was a day of frantic activity and I was mightily tempted simply to pocket the book. But I asked to borrow it instead and am now hoping to find a replacement copy -- or better yet to find the 1975 book of the same name (published under the direction of Robert Mermoud), which apparently contains some traditional songs cut from the later book (hopefully traditional FRENCH songs rather than French translations of "Oh Suzanna" and the "Hokie-Pokie," only included in the 1993 collection, I suspect, as a gesture toward "world music").
Thanking you all in advance,   robinia
PS. "Wwoofers" participate in a sort of rural work exchange, under the auspices of WWOOF, which I think stands for "world-wide organization of organic farms"

Subject: RE: Folklore: French songbook
From: Kara
Date: 07 Jul 06 - 05:52 AM

try fnac they have a book called Chanson Vole
here is a link

I hope this is what you are looking for.

Good luck


Kara

Subject: RE: Folklore: French songbook
From: robinia
Date: 13 Jul 06 - 02:58 AM

yes it is -- thanks for the link!