Georges Cochevelou | |
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Born | |
Died | 20 December 1974 Saint-Mandé, France | (aged 85)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Civil servant in the French Ministry of Finance musician luthier |
Spouse | Fanny-Julienne Dobroushkess |
Children | 3, including Alan Stivell |
Georges Cochevelou (1889–1974) was an interpreter, soldier and banker. He discovered and reconstructed the Celtic harp of the Middle Ages, and, along with his harpist son Alan Stivell, was responsible for its revival in Brittany in the 1950s.