Music cover for Godfrey's Chilperic Quadrille

Music cover for Charles Godfrey's Chilperic Quadrille, based on airs from Herve's popular opera buffa (or operetta) Chilperic. Herve's Chilperic was a medieval burlesque, 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. The heroic-looking king is depicted on horseback, led by two ladies in short skirts. There are various other figures, including a man with a bad cold, a butterfly collector and two druids

Airs Buffa Burlesque Chilperic Collector Druid Druids Godfrey Heroic Herve Lyceum Merovingian Metzler Operetta Quadrille Quadrilles Skirts

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