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The narrative of this uber-classic of musique actuelle revolves around the quest of two adventurers, set out on the old Chemin du Roy, headed for Quebec City. Along the way, they ask the people whom they meet: “Is it important to speak French in Québec?” Their journey is the key to their discovery: the treasure of language.

One often hears the notion expressed that each language has its own music. René Lussier takes this notion litterally. All of the music in this radio work is drawn from the flow of its words. Every sentence has been transformed into notes and rhythms and orchestrated as accompaniment to the verbal narrative. The result, as one would expect from Lussier, is miles away from any known beaten track. Neither academic or political, Le trésor de la langue is a tribute to the quirks of speech, slang, accents; it is at times humorous and thoughtful, and even thought-provoking.

An unanimous decision, the jury members of the Community of French-speaking Radio Stations (CRPLF) awarded the 1989 Grand Prix Paul-Gilson for musics to René Lussier for this work.

Track Listing

    • 1
      La Française du début
      4m26s
    • Le non-lieu
    • Vox-pop 1
    • Le départ des aventuriers
    • 2
      Arts et traditions (direction 1)
      7m55s
    • L’heure du dîner (archives 1)
    • Les 2 soeurs de Trois-Rivières (direction 2)
    • Rue Principale
    • Montage 28 (archives 2)
    • 3
      La visite de Charles de Gaulle
      9m04s
    • De Gaulle revisité
    • L’Anglaise de Québec (direction 3)
    • Kiki
    • Manifeste du FLQ
    • 4
      Vestibule
      8m24s
    • Çé ça qu’on va faire!
    • Le gars du Irving (direction 4)
    • Le tic-tac d’la veille
    • Le blues des résultats
    • Lend’main d’veille
    • Qui se souvient?
    • 5
      L’appel d’la pelle (direction 5)
      5m24s
    • Ya tout’ mon estime
    • Le manifeste du FLQ (instrumental)
    • 6
      Le message d’la reine
      2m59s
    • Échange de bar
    • 7
      Fanfare et tradition (vox pop 2)
      2m45s
    • L’indécise
    • 8
      C’t’écœurant
      6m18s
    • Vestibule léger (direction 6)
    • Ma mère
    • Ha bein çé l’fun
    • 9
      Ouin çé ça (vox pop 3)
      4m36s
    • Vous me m’nez à bout’
    • Le commercial
    • 10
      Mme Xavier Martin revisitée
      4m38s
    • Le p’tit Jésus de M. Chose
    • 11
      Le Diable (archives 3)
      3m25s
    • L’enfer (le reel de l’estime)
    • Le réveil
    • 12
      L’amygdalite à Duchesne (téléphone 1)
      4m15s
    • Wow bec!
    • 13
      On peut parler (téléphone 2)
      1m38s
Total duration: 65m45s

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