4/75 Petites Musique 'Mandoline' by Paillard, Vaucher et Fils
Serial no. 2815: Circa 1876
Purchased at auction November 2025.
A fairly rare Mandoline format Petites Musique by Paillard Vaucher et Fils
A fairly rare Mandoline format Petites Musique by Paillard Vaucher et Fils
The Tunes
1. My Heart's in the Highlands
A 1789 song and poem by Robert Burns about longing for his homeland and sung to the tune "Fàilte na Miosg".
2. O Nanny wilt thou gang wi' me?
A song about a man asking a woman to leave the town to live a simple life with him in the countryside, away from the 'flaunting town'. Written in 1773 by Thomas Carter (1735-1804). The words are older. There is a note in Our National Songs that the words were Scotticised from Bishop Percy, which refers to Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765)
3. And we shall walk in silk attire
The words to this song were written by Miss Susanna Blamire (1747-1794). The music is by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1786-1855).
Susanna Blamire ("The Muse of Cumberland") was born at Thackwood-nook in the parish of Sowerby in Cumberland. The ballad is also known as The Siller Crown and was originally published as a single sheet broadside by Napier, with the author and composer listed as unknown. There are several different verses, these are as they appear in the Scottish Orpheus (circa 1921).
Bishop is best known as a composer of light operas. He also wrote musical pieces for various plays and arranged operas by well-known composers. Bishop was born in London in 1786. He was trained by Francesco Bianchi. At the age of eighteen he wrote Angelinaand in 1806 he wrote Tamarlan and Bajezet which was produced at the King's Theatre. In 1810 he was employed by Covent Garden for three years as composer and director. He later conducted music at King's Theatre, Haymarket (1816-17), Drury Lane (from 1825), and Vauxhall Gardens (1830). He became professor of music at the Universities of Edinburgh (1841) and Oxford (1848). In 1842 he was knighted. He was one of the original members of the Philharmonic Society. Bishop is remembered today for his songs Home, Sweet Home and Lo, Here the Gentle Lark.
4. La petite Mariée (The little bride) is an opéra-bouffe with music by Charles Lecocq. First performed in Paris on 21st December 1875. Set in 16th century Italy, the opera depicts the farcical complications after the hero is caught in flagrante with the local grandee's wife.
1. My Heart's in the Highlands
A 1789 song and poem by Robert Burns about longing for his homeland and sung to the tune "Fàilte na Miosg".
2. O Nanny wilt thou gang wi' me?
A song about a man asking a woman to leave the town to live a simple life with him in the countryside, away from the 'flaunting town'. Written in 1773 by Thomas Carter (1735-1804). The words are older. There is a note in Our National Songs that the words were Scotticised from Bishop Percy, which refers to Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765)
3. And we shall walk in silk attire
The words to this song were written by Miss Susanna Blamire (1747-1794). The music is by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1786-1855).
Susanna Blamire ("The Muse of Cumberland") was born at Thackwood-nook in the parish of Sowerby in Cumberland. The ballad is also known as The Siller Crown and was originally published as a single sheet broadside by Napier, with the author and composer listed as unknown. There are several different verses, these are as they appear in the Scottish Orpheus (circa 1921).
Bishop is best known as a composer of light operas. He also wrote musical pieces for various plays and arranged operas by well-known composers. Bishop was born in London in 1786. He was trained by Francesco Bianchi. At the age of eighteen he wrote Angelinaand in 1806 he wrote Tamarlan and Bajezet which was produced at the King's Theatre. In 1810 he was employed by Covent Garden for three years as composer and director. He later conducted music at King's Theatre, Haymarket (1816-17), Drury Lane (from 1825), and Vauxhall Gardens (1830). He became professor of music at the Universities of Edinburgh (1841) and Oxford (1848). In 1842 he was knighted. He was one of the original members of the Philharmonic Society. Bishop is remembered today for his songs Home, Sweet Home and Lo, Here the Gentle Lark.
4. La petite Mariée (The little bride) is an opéra-bouffe with music by Charles Lecocq. First performed in Paris on 21st December 1875. Set in 16th century Italy, the opera depicts the farcical complications after the hero is caught in flagrante with the local grandee's wife.