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Georges Cadoudal (musician)

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Georges Cadoudal
Cadoudal in 2019
Born6 July 1929
Magoar, France
Died13 June 2021(2021-06-13) (aged 91)
Carhaix-Plouguer, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationMusician

Georges Cadoudal (6 July 1929 – 13 June 2021) was a French sonneur and musician.[1][2] Alongside Étienne Rivoallan [fr], he formed a group of sonneurs dedicated to the revival of Breton music after World War II. A founding member of Bagad Bourbriac [fr], he was its penn-soner [fr] from 1953 to 1964.

Biography

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Cadoudal was born into a family of musicians in Magoar.[3] He played the bombard alongside his father,[4] who was a talabarder during the turmoil of World War II.[5]

In 1946, Cadoudal founded Kevrenn Rostrenn, one of the first bagads. It was composed of two binioù bras, a few bombards, and a clarinet.[5] In 1948, the bagad took part in the Bodadeg ar Sonerion [fr] in Sarzeau. Following this event, Cadoudal was able to broaden his repertoire and improve his bombard technique.[4] The following year, he participated in the creation of a Celtic circle in Bourbriac.[5]

In the early 1950s, Cadoudal met Rivoallan and the two began a period of close collaboration. Cadoudal taught Rivoallan how to play the bombard and they participated in a Fest Noz, leading to the creation of the Bagad Bourbriac in 1953.[6] In 1958, 1959, and 1960, the two won the Bagadoù National Championship [fr].[5] During collection sessions, the two met Marie-Josèphe Bertrand and the Frères Morvan in 1958.[4] Following Rivoallan's accidental death in 1961,[7] Cadoudal won that year's Bagadoù National Championship alongside Daniel Philippe.[8]

In 1966, Cadoudal created the dañs fisel [fr] competition in Rostrenen. In 1994, he created the group Re an Are.[3] He settled down and became a sheep breeder in Brennilis, but continued to follow the Breton musical scene closely. He also advocated for peasant agriculture and fought against environmental struggles, founding the Association Bevañ e Menez Are.[9] Locally, he fought to preserve the Hôpital de Carhaix [fr] and appeared in the 2012 film Bowling [fr].[5]

Alan Stivell claimed "to have been marked by the influence of Etienne Rivoallan and Georges Cadoudal".[10] In August 2018, Stivell awarded Cadoudal the collar of the Order of the Ermine.[11]

Georges Cadoudal died in Carhaix-Plouguer on 13 June 2021 at the age of 91.[12]

Discography

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With Étienne Rivoallan

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  • En passant par la Bretagne n°4 (1954)
  • Sonneurs de Basse-Bretagne (1959)
  • Airs pour noce bretonne (1959)

Participations

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  • Fest-noz Cadoudal (1975)
  • Souvenir de Bretagne Ya Breizh : Danses, Binious et Bombardes (1976)
  • En Bretagne: Noce bretonne et fest-noz
  • Chants et danses de Bretagne: l'Argoat

Singles

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  • Dérobée du pays de Guingamp - polka piked - dans tro plin - dans fisel (1957)
  • À travers le pays breton (1959)
  • Heloise et Abellard - Gwerz an anon - suite de dans plin
  • Suite Dans plinn

References

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  1. ^ "Re An Are. Georges Cadoudal fêtera ses 90 ans le 6 juillet à Brennilis". Le Télégramme (in French). Brennilis. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  2. ^ Ventouillac, Jean (14 June 2021). "Figure de la musique bretonne, Georges Cadoudal, le sonneur des monts d'Arrée, a tiré sa révérence". Ouest-France (in French). Carhaix-Plouguer. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Taol Kalon : Georges Cadoudal va être mis à l'honneur". Ouest-France (in French). Châteauneuf-du-Faou. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Georges Cadoudal, le sonneur aux mille métiers". Brest Maville (in French). 3 July 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e Jigourel, Thierry (2011). Georges Cadoudal, un autre général des binious (in French). Éditions CPE.
  6. ^ Hazera, Hélène (28 August 1999). "Marcel Guillou, le relais breton. Cultivateur retraité, il a appris les chants anciens aux nouvelles générations. Festival Fisel. A Rostrenen (Côtes de'Armor) samedi à midi, apéro musical. A 17 heures, fest-noz. Dimanche à 10 heures, épreuve marche et mélodie du concours de sonneurs. A 13 h 30, concours de kan han diskan, de sonneurs et de danse. Tél. 02 96 24 56 12". Libération (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ^ "tienne Rivoallan. L'hommage de tout Bourbriac". Le Télégramme (in French). Guingamp. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Palmares Championnat des Bagadoù". Sonerion (in French). 13 November 2014.
  9. ^ Gouerou, Christian (6 August 2018). "La cérémonie du collier de l'Hermine, samedi à Lorient". Ouest-France (in French). Brittany. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  10. ^ Goyet, Angélique (11 January 2011). "Fest-deiz en mémoire d'Etienne Rivoallan". Ouest-France (in French). Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  11. ^ Argouarch, Philippe (12 August 2018). "Jorj Cadoudal reçoit le collier de l'Hermine". Agence Bretagne Presse (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Bourbriac : Georges Cadoudal a rejoint son compère Étienne Rivoallan au paradis des sonneurs". Actu.fr (in French). Bourbriac. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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