minstrel: Composer?

Sandi Augsburger sandilee at cableone.net
Sun Jun 23 15:54:42 PDT 2002


Lisa and Ken Theriot wrote:

> Cecily wrote:
>
> [Does anyone know the composer of an Italian piece for 4 instruments
> (SATB) named "An Bresco"?]
>
> Are you sure it's Italian?  Bresco is a town in Provence, also (in
> Occitan/Provenc,al) the word for a 'mountain pass' or 'breach'.  The
> Italian word would be <breccia>. I can't find it as a word in Italian in
> any use other than referring to the town, so it seems an odd title for
> an Italian piece.

Hmmm. Maybe it's not Italian. So, what does An Bresco mean in Prevencal? Does anyone
recognize this piece?
Cecily
 




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