Dancing la Bourrée

**Galician** · 9th April 08, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by McFarkus

Great pictures! Now I finally know what musettes are as in the song

Il est né, le divin enfant
Jouez hautbois, resonnez musettes

Thanks

Oh, obviously a Christmas carol. How cool!

Any idea from what time period it dates?

**Dirk Skene** · 9th April 08, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by elrond

Fine pics Robert!
...but we have to let Davide understand that he can't go on without a kilt! LOL!

Well, Get that boy in line

just tell him he's got to get a kilt if going to keep company with you 2 fellows.

**Ancienne Alliance** · 9th April 08, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by Galician

Oh, obviously a Christmas carol. How cool!

Any idea from what time period it dates?

Should be seventeen hundreds (eighteenth century)

**Alan H** · 9th April 08, 11:22 AM

Oh,that looks like fun!

**Galician** · 9th April 08, 11:23 AM

Merci bcp, Alliance.

Christmas carols can go back so far, I wonder if it might even be earlier. Does anyone one know the complete carol, and the melody for it?

**SFCRick** · 9th April 08, 11:30 AM

good pics

**Ancienne Alliance** · 9th April 08, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Galician

Merci bcp, Alliance.

Christmas carols can go back so far, I wonder if it might even be earlier. Does anyone one know the complete carol, and the melody for it?

This is what I found :

http://www.paulcarey.net/X_Il_Est_Ne.htm

**Galician** · 9th April 08, 11:38 AM

Formidable!

Many, many thanks! I love old style music like this, and will see if a musician friend can get hold of that piece.

I just asked a friend in Québec if he knew the piece, and apparently it registered with him from his childhood.

**Arlen** · 9th April 08, 12:29 PM

That looks fantastic. I need to have a go at that.
Diane done some French folk dancing (Can't remember the name for the type she done) and the one word the instructed gave them in regards to eye contact was 'Smoulder.'

**Ancienne Alliance** · 9th April 08, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Arlen

That looks fantastic. I need to have a go at that.
Diane done some French folk dancing (Can't remember the name for the type she done) and the one word the instructed gave them in regards to eye contact was 'Smoulder.'

Maybe one day we can arrange a little workshop. Chrystel and I are planning to come over to Scotland in 2 years time. Plus a little gig at Pour one Malt's, French drinking songs and piping... hummm. Could be fun.

Best,
Robert