"Une assemblée" a drawing of Maurice SAND coll. Gâs du Berry
" After supper, the musicians were called forth and people danced in the yard.
The sound of bag-pipe tied to that of hurdy-gurdy may rasp the ears when it is listened to too closely, but from away, this rustic voice which sometimes sings so graceful patterns rendered more original by some barbarian harmony, has a charm which enters the simple minds, and makes the heart of anyone who has been lulled by this sound during his childhood beat. This strong vibration of the pipe, though raucous and nasal, this shrill creak and this brisk staccato of the hurdy-gurdy, are just made one for each other and set right themselves mutually. The remoteness gives them more charm and shows you the way to the dream of a bucolic life."
George Sand, The Miller of Angibault
Created in 1888, the Indre Society of the Gâs du Berry counted 9 musicians : Pierre Appaire from Urciers, Bertrand Appaire from Lacs, monsieur Dubuget from Saint-Chartier, Monsieur Charbonnier fromNohant-Vic, monsieur Chaumard from Saint-Denis-de-Jouet, as welle as messieurs Bussière, Gerbaud, Moreau father and son from La Châtre;
Here are the oldest recordings of the Gâs du Berry picked up in 1913
by Ferdinand Brunot found on
the numerical Library of the French National Library
Valse à Cadet :
Pierre Appaire, cornemuse ; Bertrand Appaire, Pierre Gerbaud, vielle 28 juin 1913
Une chasse ancienne :
Pierre Appaire, cornemuse 28 juin 1913
Bourrée de La Châtre :
Pierre Appaire, 49 ans, Bertrand Appaire, 51 ans et Pierre Gerbaud, 61 ans, enregistrésle 28 juin 1913 à La Châtre (Indre)
Marche des Cornards :
Pierre Appaire, 49 ans, Pierre Gerbaud, 61 ans, enregistrés le 28 juin 1913 à La Châtre(Indre)
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