Person · Male
Jean-François Dutertre
- From
- Paris, France
- Active
- 1948–2017
- Releases
- 9
- folk
- ballad
About
Jean-François Dutertre (31 March 1948 - 10 March 2017) was a French singer-songwriter and player of the hurdy-gurdy, épinette des Vosges, and traditional French music. He also played the bodhran and the bouzouki.
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He had been a member of the band Mélusine and a house collaborator on the disk Le Chant du Monde. He was a great proponent of modal music and conducted numerous workshops. He was an advocate of the professionalisation of traditional musicians and singers and defended their rights in the CIMT (Centre d’information des musiques traditionnelles et du monde).
Member of
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Mélusine hurdy gurdy, bodhrán, Appalachian dulcimer, bouzouki
Discography
Albums
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L'épinette des Vosges Apple Music
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Chants À Répondre Et À Danser
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Pré-folk: La préhistoire du folk - Chansons à répondre
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Le Galant noyé - Ballades et chansons traditionnelles françaises
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La Ronde des milloraines - Compositions pour épinette des Vosges et vielle
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Si l'amour prenait racine
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Ballades françaises
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Ballades Françaises - Volume 2
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Chansons traditionnelles de Normandie
Links
Teacher
Also known as
Jean-François André Dutertre
Tags
- bodhrán
- french folk music
- hurdy-gurdy
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 76389fce-2ec5-4df4-84e1-a0724650259a
- ISNI
- 0000000023421490
- IPI
- 00009724877
- IPI
- 00206952177
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.