Music from Berry
Music of the world
By coup de 4
It is rather mind-boggling, when you think about it —all by himself, Jean-Claude Laporte spans two centuries of Berrichon music! Looking backward, he learned his first pieces of/from Gaston Guillemain, the famous hurdy-gurdy player born in 1877:looking forward, je now composes for his grandchildren, who will no doubt go on living until 2077!" Nancy HUSTON