Music of Brittany

Brittany is on the northwest coast of France and is a region unique in that country in its Celtic cultural derivation. Though long under the control of France and influenced by French traditions, Brittany has retained and, more recently, revived its own folk music, modernizing and adapting it into folk-rock and other fusion genres.

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Brittany - France - Celt - Folk music - Folk-rock

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Brittany has been inhabited by the Celts since about the 6th century, and were independent for a time, though not united politically or, in all likelihood, culturally. Charlemagne, a Frankish king, conquered the Bretons and under his son, Louis the Pious, the Bretons were organized as a single nation under a single ruler, Nominoë. For a time following, Brittany was an independent kingdom then duchy, but then fell back into French control in the 16th century.

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6th century - Charlemagne - Frank - Louis the Pious - Nominoë - Duchy - 16th century

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