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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