Breton Fantasy – I. Plougastell (Piano Duet)

Breton Fantasy – I. Plougastell (the first of two movements for one piano, four hands by Joshua Tyra; composed for Rae Anne Tyra on Mother's Day, May 14, 2017)
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Le premier de deux mouvements pour un piano, quatre mains par Joshua Tyra; composé pour Rae Anne Tyra à la Fête des Mères, le 14 Mai 2017. Des liens vers les partitions sont ci-dessus.

Ar c'hentañ eus daou luskad evit ur piano, pevar dorn gant Joshua Tyra; sonaozet evit Rae Anne Tyra da C'houel ar Mammoù, ar 14 a viz Mae 2017. Liammoù etrezek ar skridoù-sonerezh a gaver amañ a-us.

This original tune was written to honor and evoke Plougastell-Daoulaz, a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Plougastell is Breton for “parish of the castle.” Its famous calvary (sculpture of the crucifixion) was built between 1602 and 1604 to mark the end of the bubonic plague epidemic of 1598. The region is famous for its strawberries.

As of 2008, nearly 20 per cent of the children in Plougastell attended a bilingual school in French and Breton. Breton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany (Bretagne) by approximately 180,000 people. The Breton language is most closely related to Welsh, though it is nearer still to the Cornish language which died out in the 18th century and has recently been revived.

Score display and playback in Finale 26 using Garritan Instruments for Finale.

© 2017 Joshua Tyra.