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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

Other countries

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.
Work songs

1. The work songs
2. Ploughing, and digging songs
3. Water works songs
4. Outdoor works
5. The handicrafts
6. The police, and law and order
7. The clergy and clergymans
8. The work places
9. The guilds and the brotherhoods
10. The shepherdesses, the spinresses, the peasant women

The traditional songs displayed on this page have been –for the most part of them– composed and published in 19th century or early 20th century. Some songs created after 1960 (a) are presented on the page Contemporary songs.

(a) This year corresponds to the publishing by Georges Delrieu of his Anthologie de la chanson niçoise.

The traditional work songs written in nissart

The jobs and human activities are an important part in inspiration and production of the traditional songs from County of Nice, sometimes to glorify or extol, sometimes to jeer...

Stock of music

Ploughing, and digging songs.

Water works songs.

The outdoor works.

listen the Midi file of this traditional song, County of Nice score of this traditional song, County of Nice lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written Lo Boscant de la Maluna (The Woodcutter from The Maluna). Memories of an old woodcutter who covered the forest called the “Bad Moon” in the Valley of the Vesubie. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this traditional song, County of Nice score of this traditional song, County of Nice lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written Lu Paisan (The Farmers). Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written La Paisaneta (The Little Peasant Girl). Nissart lyrics and music by François Guisol. Traditional from County of Nice
Lou Segaire (The Mower).
listen the Midi file of this traditional song, County of Nice score of this traditional song, County of Nice lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written Lou Vaquié (The Cowherd). Nissart lyrics and music by Georges Delrieu. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.

The handicrafts.

listen the Midi file of this traditional song, County of Nice score of this traditional song, County of Nice lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written A la bella poutina (At the beautiful alevin). Nissart lyrics by François-Dominique Rondelly, known as Menica Rondelly. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this traditional song, County of Nice score of this traditional song, County of Nice lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written La Bella Bouquetiera (The Pretty Flower Girl). Nissart lyrics and music by François Guisol. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this traditional song, County of Nice score of this traditional song, County of Nice lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written Li Pescairis (The Fishmongers). Nissart lyrics by Jean Régis, music by Heinrich Tellam. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.

The police, and more generally, the maintenance of law and order.

listen the Midi file of this traditional song, County of Nice score of this traditional song, County of Nice lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written Lu Capitani de quartié (The Captains of Quarter). Nissart lyrics and music by Georges Delrieu. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.

The clergy and clergymans.

listen the Midi file of this traditional song, County of Nice score of this traditional song, County of Nice lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written Doun Soulina (Priest Soulina). Nissart lyrics and music by Louis Genari. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.
listen the Midi file of this traditional song, County of Nice score of this traditional song, County of Nice lyrics of this traditional song Nissart written Fraire Janvié (Friar January). The mesclun is not only the well-known green salad... Nissart lyrics by Jouan Nicola, music by Jo Berardy. Traditional from County of Nice, MIDI scheduling by J.-G. Maurandi.

The work places.

Lou Tint dòu moulin (The Tick-Tock of the Watermill).
Lou Vièi Defici (The Old Watermill).

The guilds and the brotherhoods are represented in the traditional songs, particularly by means of patronal fairs. A Christmas carol taken from the Presèpi nissart is dedicated to them.

Other traditional work songs allude to jobs, activities, work places, tools... but these activities are just scene or pretext to different topics. This applies to spinresses, shepherdesses and other animal keeperesses, and also to peasant women, who are invited in traditional songs not for their outdoor activities, but for their –presumed– charms and the cravings they arouse!


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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