# Music of Gascony

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[Gascony](/source/Gascony) is a region of [France](/source/France) that has produced several well-known performers and composers of [classical](/source/European_classical_music), [folk](/source/Folk_music) and [popular music](/source/Popular_music). Gascony is home to several major [music festivals](/source/Music_festival). The town of Merciac in Gascony is home to an annual [jazz festival](/source/Jazz_in_Marciac), one of the biggest in France. The town of [Mirande](/source/Mirande) is also home to Le Country Musique, an annual [country music](/source/Country_music) festival.[1]

## Folk music

Gascon folk music is known for a kind of [small pipes](/source/Bagpipe) called *[boha](/source/Boha)*,[2] which have a rectangular chanter and drone combination, (this form is unique to Gascony), and are made out of sheepskin with the fleece showing. The wandering performers known as [troubadours](/source/Troubadour) and [jongleurs](/source/Jongleur) were well established in Gascony.

Gascony, like many regions of France, and elsewhere in Europe, underwent a [roots revival](/source/Roots_revival) in the early to mid-1970s.[3] The beginning of this trend in Gascony can be traced to the release of *Musique Traditionelle de Gascogne* by Perlinpinpin Folc, a band formed in 1972 and led by Christian Lamau.

Some twenty years later, this genre was revived with the repopularization of [pastorales](/source/Pastorale), an ancient form of [musical theater](/source/Musical_theater). Rappadoc is a modern style of this music inspired by the jongleurs and troubadours of the region's history, using various lyrical styles in a satirical and topical performance.

Modern traditionally-styled bands from Gascony include [Verd e Blu](https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verd_e_Blu#Discografia) and [Joan Francés Tisnèr](https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Franc%C3%A9s_Tisn%C3%A8r).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Baume, Maïa de la (2009-08-05). ["French Festival Is a Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Wine 'n' Cheese"](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/europe/06mirande.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2022-09-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["What's in a name"](http://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/articles/2016/chanter/summer/whats-in-a-name/). *www.bagpipesociety.org.uk*. Retrieved 2022-03-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["4.2: Culture: History of Folk French Music"](https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Achieving_the_Dream/Book%3A_French_101_(Celis)/04%3A_Unit_3/04.2%3A_Culture%3A_History_of_Folk_French_Music). *Humanities LibreTexts*. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2022-03-06.

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