Music cover for Chilperic Quadrilles
Music cover for the Chilperic Quadrilles, based on airs from Herve's opera buffa (or operetta) Chilperic, arranged (probably for piano) by C H R Marriott. Herve's Chilperic was a medieval burlesque, as can be seen from the crowd of people in medieval dress, with rather modern-looking umbrellas. It was based on the story of the Merovingian King Chilperic I (ruled 561-584). After launching in Paris in 1868, the operetta was put on at the Lyceum Theatre in London in 1870
Picture No
10412874
Media ID
48378822
Size
2777px x 4269px
(7.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by Hamerton on a music cover
Date
circa early 1870s
