Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?

24 Mar 26 - 06:14 AM (#4237259)
Subject: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,clueless_zanfona

Hello friends, I have here three short tunes that I'm trying to figure out what they are? My friend said that he thinks the first one is a French tune that he heard as a child but could not recall the name of it. Any help in identifying these would be appreciated.

https://voca.ro/18qdmYavPlA9

https://voca.ro/1cVis2UfRgnW

https://voca.ro/1aB1Sq2qr2yL

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24 Mar 26 - 06:21 AM (#4237260)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler

Don't know the first one.
Second one starts off similar to "Wheat that springeth green"/"noel nouvelle", but is different.
Third one I think is on a Rosbif album.

Robin

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24 Mar 26 - 06:39 AM (#4237261)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Monique

The 2nd one is Joan Petit que dança of Occitan origin, there's a French version of it and even a Catalan one on a different tune.

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24 Mar 26 - 06:54 AM (#4237262)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Monique

The 1st one sounds like this gigue dance song that you can hear sung here (Lo curat de la capèla).
The 3rd is a bourrée but I can't recall which one now.
All three songs are Occitan ones from central France.

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24 Mar 26 - 07:23 AM (#4237264)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Monique

There's a version of the 3rd one with a different tempo. You can hear it played on this 1978 LP by Del Sauveterre at 6:48. It's called "La preciosa" and on the LP sleeve it reads that it's a bourrée that they treated differently.

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24 Mar 26 - 08:31 AM (#4237266)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,Peter Laban

The first one sounds very familiar. It may be Belgian/Flemish. Possibly a recording by 't Kliekske.

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24 Mar 26 - 05:36 PM (#4237298)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,Jon Harper

First one is "Branle du rat"

Second one is "Jean Petit qui danse"

Don't know the third one but it's probably also a traditional French song

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25 Mar 26 - 02:11 AM (#4237311)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,clueless_zanfona

So one and two are confirmed, but three is still unknown. To my ears that track from the Del Sauveterre album doesn't really sound at all similar.

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25 Mar 26 - 05:53 AM (#4237316)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: Tattie Bogle

Lovely tunes! As an aside to this, our French friends introduced us to the music of Nadau, also from the Occitane region: fabulous stuff. Lots of recordings on YouTube: amazing atmosphere at his concerts!

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25 Mar 26 - 05:43 PM (#4237347)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Anybody know these tunes? Maybe French?
From: GUEST,thelittlebouzoukithatcould

I realize now why these sounded so familiar, they're from Assassin's Creed (I've inquired about a tune from those games on here before).

Specifically Assassin's Creed Unity. All three of these tunes are played by the street bands found in various corners around Paris.

In this video, tune 2 is heard at 14:00, tune 3 at 14:45, and tune 1 at 15:57. Afterwards, all three tunes just continue to loop until the end of the video.

According to the game's credits, Seán Dagher was the one playing the hurdy-gurdy on these tunes. Seán is still quite active on social media so perhaps contacting him might be the best way to identify these tunes.

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