{"id":23057,"date":"2016-03-16T19:05:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=23057"},"modified":"2017-10-24T15:59:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T13:59:14","slug":"the-prisons-of-nantes-french-celtic-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-prisons-of-nantes-french-celtic-music\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prisons of Nantes – French Celtic Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDrapeau de Nantes (Flag of Nantes) by Ec.Domnowall<\/a>, CC BY 3.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

La f\u00eate de la Saint-Patrick est \u00e0 l’approche <\/strong>(St. Patrick\u2019s Day is around the corner) and that means a lot of green, music<\/a>, and Guinness. The holiday brings up thoughts of Ireland and its culture with des bars et des restaurants<\/strong> (bars and restaurants) playing traditional Irish music as a part of the celebration.<\/p>\n

Cette musique<\/strong> (this music) comes from a long Celtic history in Europe. Bretagne<\/strong> (Brittany), the part of France in the Northwest corner of l\u2019hexagone<\/a><\/strong> (the hexagon, French term for France<\/em>) also has a strong Celtic culture, and a part of that is of course, la musique<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

There are many Celtic chansons<\/strong> (songs) from Bretagne<\/strong> that you could think come from Ireland if you have only heard la musique celtique<\/strong> (Celtic music) during la f\u00eate de la Saint-Patrick <\/strong> before.<\/p>\n

Dans les prisons de Nantes<\/em> (In the Prisons of Nantes) is one of them, une chason<\/strong> dating back to le XVIIe si\u00e8cle<\/strong> (the 17th century) that\u00a0 was inspired by Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Paul de Gondi<\/em>, the cardinal of Retz who escaped prison in 1654. La chanson<\/strong> is about un prisonnier<\/strong> (a prisoner) who is about to be hanged, but with the help of une jeunette<\/strong> (a young girl) he manages to escape la prison<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since l\u2019\u00e9vasion<\/strong> du cardinal de Retz<\/strong> (the cardinal of Retz’s escape) la chanson<\/strong> has become well known around la francophonie<\/a><\/strong>. Des mariniers fran\u00e7ais <\/strong>(French sailors) brought la chanson<\/strong> with them as they traveled around France and the world.<\/p>\n

Les paroles<\/strong> (the lyrics) changed as la chanson<\/strong> moved with references to la Loire<\/a><\/strong> (the Loire, famous French river in Western France<\/em>) becoming la mer<\/strong> (the sea) or even les prisons de Nantes<\/strong> becoming les prisons de Londres<\/strong> (the prisons of London).<\/p>\n

\u00c9coutez la chanson<\/strong> (listen to the song) and add some French into your celebrations!<\/p>\n