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Seek Composer of "Souvenir de Cherbourg"
By Noel Gale

Who composed the polka, "Souvenir de Cherbourg"?  Does it have
something to do with Faust?

This polka was written sometime in the 19th century, and appears
on musical boxes, but I cannot find anything more about it.
Examples of it on cylinder musical boxes are

(1) On a Nicole Freres musical box tunesheet the name appears as
"Souvenir de Cherbourg. Polka. Faust",

(2) On another tunesheet it is written as
"Souvenir de Cherbourg - Polka."

Noel Gale,
Oxford, UK

 [ Found at http://books.google.com/books?id=xYJHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA109#v=onepage&q=Fouillot&f=false 
 [   Journal général de l'imprimerie et de la librairie,
 [   Volume 60, Part 1, 4 Janvier 1890
 [ Fouillot (H.) - Le Blagueur abracadabrant, quadrille pour orchestre.
 [   Nevers, Alban neveu (775
 [ Fouillot (H.) - Souvenir de Cherbourg, mazurka pour orchestre.
 [   Nevers, Alban neveu (777
 [
 [ The polka and mazurka are related musical styles.  Maybe Nicole
 [ Freres re-cast the tune as a polka for greater appeal.
 [
 [ Other compositions by Fouillot, listed in related journals:
 [ Fouillot (H.) - Coup de soleil, polka pour orchestre.
 [   Paris, Margueritat (5207
 [ Fouillot (H.) - L'Infatigable, quadrille pour orchestra.
 [   Paris, Margueritat (5209
 [ Fouillot (H.) - Lanciers du palais d'Orsay. 21534.
 [
 [ -- Robbie



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