Whilst at Newcastleton at the weekend I was playing 'Happy Hours' and
got into a nerdy discussion about composers .. and I got it mixed up
:) So in an attempt to clear it up and given that lots of people who
were there are on this list ..
Emile Vacher who composed Happy Hours was in fact a
] Främling Composers ..
Whilst at Newcastleton at the weekend I was playing 'Happy Hours' and
got into a nerdy discussion about composers .. and I got it mixed up
:) So in an attempt to clear it up and given that lots of people who
were there are on this list ..
Emile Vacher who composed
Hi Rob and others,
The 'Happy Hours' title is from the original French title 'Plaisance-
Fox' which would have appeared on a French '78. My CD copy of this
says 1927, though annoyingly, I've lost the CD leaflet which would
give fuller information. As far as I remember the piece was credited
This piece seems to have entered our repertoire via Billy Pigg having been
included among the performances recorded by Foster Charlton and issued on the
Leader LP 'The Border Minstrel'.
Yes indeed, but I think you'll find that it had previously been taken
up by Jimmy Shand. From there, it's
