Glenmor

Glenmor was the stage name of Emile Le Scanf (1931–1996), a Breton protest singer and poet who sought to preserve the Breton language and adapt local traditions of folk singing to the radical culture of the 1960s and 70s. He is also known by the Breton name Milig Ar Skañv.

Early career Emile Le Scanf was born in 1931 at Mael-Carhaix. In 1941, he entered the small seminary in Quintin. After his military service in Paris, he obtained a licence de philosophie at Rennes in 1952. He then travelled extensively in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia and Soviet Union until 1954. During this period he began writing and composing.

His musical career really began in 1959 with a recital in Paris before a small audience. He later released his first album as "Glenmor", Glenmor à la Mutualité. His stage name was derived from words for land (glen) and sea (mor) in Breton. His distinctive style led to popularity.

His songs aggressively asserted the unique cultural identity of Brittany. He portrayed himself as a political radical with anti-clerical and anarchist views. He wore a beard and his hair long, in a revival of the traditional Breton peasant style.

In 1978, he was designated "Breton of the Year" by Armor Magazine. In 1990 he retired from performance to devote himself to writing.

He was decorated with the Order of the Ermine in 1990. He died six years later on 18 June 1996. Several thousand people attended his funeral in Mael-Carhaix . The tomb is inscribed with the words, "Émile LE SCANV (1931-1996) Et voici bien ma terre, la vallée de mes amours. Glenmor".

Discography GLENMOR single Quatre Chansons en Breton single Ed. Sked GLENMOR single Ed. Kornog KATTELL dit GLENMOR : Poèmes album Ed. Ternel KATTELL dit GLENMOR : Poèmes album Ed. Ternel GLENMOR A LA MUTUALITE album Ed. Ternel Cinq Chansons en Breton single Ed. Barclay Les Temps de la Colère single Ed. Barclay CET AMOUR-LA album Ed. Barclay HOMMAGE A MORVAN LEBESQUE album VIVRE album Ed. Le Chant du Monde LDX 74481 PRINCES ENTENDEZ BIEN album Ed. Le Chant du Monde LDX 74503 OUVREZ LES PORTES DE LA NUIT album Ed. le Chant du Monde E DIBENN MIZ GWENGOLO album Ed. Le Chant du Monde TOUS CES VINGT ANS DEJA... album Ed. Le Chant du Monde La Coupe et la Mémoire album Ed. Ar Folk TRISTAN CORBIERE : Le Paria dit par Glenmor album Ed. Ar Folk Si tu ne chantais pas pour eux à quoi bon demeurer album Ed. Stern Ha Lugern Après la Fleur le Fruit sous la Rose l'Épine album Ed. Escalibur EN BRETAGNE, NOCES ET FEST-NOZ album Ed. Barclay LES PRINCIPALES OEUVRES CD Prod. Ar Folk, Escalibur, Coop Breizh AN DISTRO "Et voici bien ma Terre..." CD Ed. Coop Breizh AN DISTRO "Ouvrez les Portes de la Nuits" CD Ed. Coop Breizh AN DISTRO "Apocaplypse" CD Ed. Coop Breizh HOMMAGE A GLENMOR CD Coop Breizh CD KAD 01 (2000)

Writings Livre des Chansons (Mutualité 67), éd. Kelenn, 1969, second edition, Stern ha Lugern, 1979 Livre des Chansons, tome II (Bobino 73), éd. Ternel Sables et Dunes, éd. Ternel, 1971 La Septième Mort, éd. Ternel, 1974, second edition, Libres Halliers, 1982 Le Sang nomade, éd. Ternel, 1975 Les emblaves et la moisson, éd. Stern ha Lugern, 1977 Retraites paysannes, with typography and wood engravings by Claude Huart, éd. Ternel, 1977 L'Homme du dernier jour, La Gacilly, éd. Artus, 1992 Les Derniers Feux de la Vallée, Spézet, éd. Coop Breizh, 1995 La Sanguine, Spézet, éd. Coop Breizh, 1996 La Férule, Spézet, éd. Coop Breizh, 1997 Xavier Grall in memoriam, Babel, 2000 Kan ha diskan, Correspondences Grall-Glenmor, Spézet, Coop Breizh, 2007