Activités d'un chabretaire ...Eric Montbel

http://www.cmtra.org/spip.php?article507

et le bloc d'un professeur de l'université de Nice sur
Ethnomusicologie de la France, anthropologie musicale historique

http://charlesdominique.wordpress.com/

Et un commentaire trouvé sur :
http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/bagpipe_france.html

The first is by one of the world’s premiere bagpipe players and scholars, Eric Montbel. Montbel has been a member of leading traditional French bands like Lo Jai, Le Grand Rouge, and Ulysse. He has founded a non-profit organization for musicians as well as a folk music magazine, Modal. He is currently the founding director of the Center for traditional Music in the Rhône-Alps region of France. Somehow he has managed to have an active solo career as well, with several albums to his credit, the latest of which is Chabretas: les cornemuses à miroirs du Limousin [Al Sur ALCD 156]. Montbel’s main instrument has always been the chabreta, the Limousin bagpipe, and this album is a collection of chabreta melodies, mainly bourées and slower tunes. The stately pace and infectious rhythms of these dances makes for compelling listening; the fact that many are new compositions in the tradition of chabreta music, a tradition few understand as fully as Montbel, makes the disc an extra treat. Montbel’s sharp playing is augmented by several of his musical friends: Jean-François Vrod (violin), Guy Bertrand (flutes) and Richard Monségu (percussion), all of whom do a magnificent job of adding texture and variety to the recording. A full scholarly set of notes in French and English, including notation for five tunes in different typical modes, is included in the booklet."