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The musical traditions from County of Nice: Music introduction - Cross-over
Popular songs - Animal songs - Racy lovesongs - Work songs
Political, social and satirical songs - Contemporary songs
Carnival tunes - Circumstance tunes - Close couple dances - Characters dances - Farandole - Feasts - Round dances of May
Music for children
Chimes & knells - Sacred & religious music - Christmas carols from County of Nice - Sanctuaries

Brief survey of the traditional musics from the South of France: The Occitany - Limoux’ carnival tunes
The Piedmont - The Provence - Christmas carols from Provence

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traditional musics county Nice, fife

Legend (click icons, on the left side of tunes title, to access to corresponding files):
 listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune“fife & drums” MIDI file (a)(b). listen the Midi file for this brass band traditional music tune“brass band” MIDI file (a)(b). listen the Midi file for this traditional music tune“other instruments” MIDI file (a)(b).                         
score of this traditional tunescore: PDF file (a)(b).Lyrics for this traditional folksonglyrics.
You may download MIDI and scores files as a whole from the Download page.
(a)Without any further observation, arrangements and harmonizations by J.-G. Maurandi.
(b) These files and their content are © 2001-2025 Jean-Gabriel Maurandi.
Circumstance tunes

1. The conscription: brandi of the conscripts
2. The village fetes plays
3. Other circumstances

These tunes – often of a recent creation – where composed and are played for a particular occasion.

The conscription

The conscription is one of these occasions. After the examination in front of the recruiting board, the conscripts celebrate this rite of passage at the adulthood while dancing in the streets of the village brandi who look like scottish or polka.

listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune score of this traditional tune Brandi dei couscrit de Balver (Brandi of the conscripts from Belvedere). Traditional tune from Belvédère, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune score of this traditional tune Brandi dei couscrit de Lantousca (Brandi of the conscripts from Lantosque). Traditional tune from Lantosque, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune score of this traditional tune Brandi dei couscrit de Sant-Martin (Brandi of the conscripts from Saint-Martin). Traditional tune from Saint-Martin-Vésubie, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune score of this traditional tune Brandi dei couscrit d’Utella (Brandi of the conscripts from Utelle). Traditional tune from Utelle, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune score of this traditional tune Farandola dei couscrit de Brei (Farandole of the conscripts from Breil-sur-Roya). Traditional tune from Breil-sur-Roya, County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.

See also the conscription of new draftees in the traditional songs.

The plays

The plays organized during feasts and village fetes.

listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune score of this traditional tune Lyrics for this traditional folksong Es routa la casserola (The saucepan is broken), brandi (farandole) played during the pignata (cooking pot) play. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi. See also Jue de la pico.
listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune score of this traditional tune Li Jòia (The Jewels), scottish played for awards ceremony to winners of the plays. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.

Other circumstances

Bouon natalìci (Happy birthday), modern song. Nissart lyrics and music by Albert Tosan.
Brandi de la foularaia (Brandi of the “wine barrel”) played in Luceram on Shrove Tuesday.
Lyrics for this traditional folksong Pairin... (Godfather...), saucy counting rhyme chanted by the children at the end of the christening. Traditional from County of Nice.


Legend (click icons, on the left side of tunes title, to access to corresponding files):
 listen the Midi file for this fife & drum traditional music tune“fife & drums” MIDI file (a)(b). listen the Midi file for this brass band traditional music tune“brass band” MIDI file (a)(b). listen the Midi file for this traditional music tune“other instruments” MIDI file (a)(b).                         
score of this traditional tunescore: PDF file (a)(b).Lyrics for this traditional folksonglyrics.
You may download MIDI and scores files as a whole from the Download page.
(a)Without any further observation, arrangements and harmonizations by J.-G. Maurandi.
(b) These files and their content are © 2001-2025 Jean-Gabriel Maurandi.

© 2001-2025 Jean-Gabriel Maurandi.


The musical traditions from County of Nice: Music introduction - Cross-over
Popular songs - Animal songs - Racy lovesongs - Work songs
Political, social and satirical songs - Contemporary songs
Carnival tunes - Circumstance tunes - Close couple dances - Characters dances - Farandole - Feasts - Round dances of May
Music for children
Chimes & knells - Sacred & religious music - Christmas carols from County of Nice - Sanctuaries

Brief survey of the traditional musics from the South of France: The Occitany - Limoux’ carnival tunes
The Piedmont - The Provence - Christmas carols from Provence

Other countries


traditional musics county Nice, fife


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