...These songs show the influence of Greek and medieval church modes, and are also thought to be remnants of the older Celtic chants of sol, such as the song about plowing a field. When we look at folk songs by function, many of them are related to daily life, and there are many kinds, such as lullabies, nursery rhymes, love songs, dance songs, songs about work or professions, banquet songs (drinking songs, chansons à boire, are popular in this country, reflecting the cheerful Gaulish temperament), chants de conscrits (songs of farewell for young men conscripted into the army), soldier's songs, marches, songs of patriotism, religious songs (there are many kinds, but the Christmas song noël is particularly important), and elegies (funeral songs). Of these, the work songs include songs about plowing, sowing, harvesting wheat, mowing, and picking grapes, and in areas where livestock farming is popular, songs about cowherds and shepherds. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "chants de conscrits" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…これらはギリシア旋法や中世教会旋法の影響を告げるもので,さらに古くケルト族固有の〈土の歌Chants de Sol〉――畑のすき返し歌などに例がある――のなごりもあると考えられる。民謡をその機能別にみると,生活に即したものが多く,子守歌,わらべ歌,恋歌,踊り歌,仕事あるいは職業の歌,宴会の歌(酒飲み歌chansons à boireは陽気なゴール気質を反映してこの国に盛んである),壮丁の歌chants de conscrits(徴兵に取られた若者の別れの歌),兵士の歌,行進曲,郷土愛の歌,宗教歌(多くの種類があるが,クリスマスの歌〈ノエルnoël〉はとくに重要),挽歌(葬礼の歌)など多種類のものがある。このうち〈仕事の歌〉には,すき返し,種まき,麦刈り,草刈り,ブドウつみといった野良の歌,牧畜の盛んな地方では牛飼いや羊飼いの歌がある。… ※「chants de conscrits」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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