Barzaz Breiz-1839 Breton ballad collection online

Subject: Barzaz Breiz
From: Jack Campin
Date: 09 Jul 11 - 06:56 PM

Just found you can get the 1839 Breton ballad collection "Barzaz Breiz" on the web. And a chunk of it with metrically singable English translations.

the book (PDF in French)

parallel texts with MIDIs

Here is a sample, "The Swan" (the song whose tune Morris Blythman used for "The Twa Corbies"):

http://chrsouchon.free.fr/alarchf.htm

The MIDIs don't sound very pretty but they do the job.

Subject: RE: Barzaz Breiz-1839 Breton ballad collection online
From: giles earle
Date: 10 Jul 11 - 02:45 AM

Brilliant!