On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:27:15 -0500, "Thane" <thane100@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>"snowy" <snowy@weather.net> wrote in message
>news:Xns9E6271BCDE26Bsnowyweathernet@216.151.153.169...
>> Croix de Bois, the second one with the Windsbacher Knabenchor in a modern
>> setting by Vic Nees and the third one by the Bonifantes Boys' Choir from
>> Pardubice, also in a kind of arrangement :-)
>>
>> No need to add that these two versions have not much to do with the
>> original folksong that was still very well known around here until we went
>> through the so called Quiet Revolution....
>
>Thanks for taking the time to locate & upload these!
>
>Needless to say, the PCCB version is by far my favorite. The Bonifantes BC
>is certainly different, if bordering on the unrecognizable. But I am sure
>there are those who prefer the "modern" arrangements and have little or no
>knowledge of the folk origins...
>
Glad you liked it.
I just wonder if those with no knowledge of French get "the whole
story", with the different groups gathering on the bridge?
all!
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