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BOOST ZONE The Victorians And EdwardiansWith Queen Victorian coming to the throne in 1837, the Victorian era saw a continuation of the industrial, political and social change of the Georgian era. In a time of Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens, a railway and shipping boom and the first telephone and telegraph, we also see the demise of rural life, as cities rapidly expand, people get increasing voting and economic rights and the British Empire becomes the most powerful in the world. Following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, the Edwardian era, which corresponded with the French Belle Epoque, was an era of prosperity. Known for elegance and luxury amongst the rich and powerful it also saw the first signs of demise of British imperialism and the economic rise of the United States and Germany in the lead up to World War 1. The Victorians and Edwardians is the eighth release in the groundbreaking Historyzone series of albums charting the history of the world |
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1. VICTORIANA 00:02:19 VICTORIAN ERA LIGHT OPERA IN THE STYLE OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN. BOUNCY, LIGHT-HEARTED CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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2. HALLELUJAH CHORUS 00:02:47 MUSIC PERFORMED AT THE CORONATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA. FROM GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL’S (1685-1759) FAMOUS WORK THE MESSIAH
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3. AN AGE OF ELEGANCE 00:02:15 CLASSICAL PIANO FROM THE EARLY VICTORIAN PERIOD. 'GERMAN DANCES NO.2 AND NO.5' (FROM 0.56) BY FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) PERFORMED ON A PERIOD INSTRUMENT
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4. A VICTORIAN SCANDAL 00:01:56 MELODRAMATIC VICTORIAN STYLE PIANO. EXAGGERATED CLOAK AND DAGGER THEATRICAL DRAMA
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5. THE VILLAGE BAND 00:02:48 A VICTORIAN ERA FOLK BAND PLAY IN THE LOCAL SQUARE. BRIGHT, HAPPY AND CELEBRATORY DANCE WITH FIDDLES, WOODWIND AND PERCUSSION
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6. A NIGHT AT THE MUSIC HALL 00:01:53 BAWDY FUN AND FROLICS AT A VICTORIAN MUSIC HALL. BOUNCY VINTAGE SHOW ORCHESTRA AND UPRIGHT PIANO
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7. ECCENTRIC INVENTIONS 00:01:41 GREAT SCOTT! ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLD OF AN VICTORIAN INVENTOR
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8. POLITE SOCIETY 00:01:21 WELL MANNERED VICTORIAN PARLOUR PIANO. 'MONFERRINAS, OP. 49 NO. 1 - ALLEGRO' BY MUZIO CLEMENTI (1752-1832) PERFORMED ON A PERIOD INSTRUMENT
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9. THE GREAT EXHIBITION 00:01:45 A GRAND CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS VICTORIAN AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851. JOYFUL AND SPRITELY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FEATURING FRENCH HORNS
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10. THE BRITISH EMPIRE 00:01:41 CROWN RULE IN INDIA. DOCUMENTARY-STYLE EXPANSIVE PADS WITH TABLA AND SITAR FX
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11. A VICTORIAN CRIME STORY 00:02:05 ON THE VICTORIAN CITY STREETS CRIMINALS LURK IN DARK CORNERS. TENSE AND MELODRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL DRAMA EVOKING STORIES OF JACK THE RIPPER OR SWEENEY TODD
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12. DICKENSIAN STREET URCHINS 00:01:54 VICTORIAN PICKPOCKETS PLYING THEIR TRADE ON LONDON'S STREETS. MISCHIEVOUS PERIOD DRAMA
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13. AGE OF THE BIZARRE 00:02:03 A TIME OF INVENTION AND STRANGE INNOVATIONS. VICTORIAN ECCENTRICITY WITH CARTOONISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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14. LIEDER OHNE WORTE 00:02:09 VICTORIAN PARLOUR PIANO. FAMOUS PIANO WORK 'SONGS WITHOUT WORDS OP. 62, NO. 6 IN A' BY FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847). PERFORMED ON A PERIOD INSTRUMENT
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15. CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE 00:02:05 A MUSICAL RE-ENACTMENT OF THE BATTLE OF BALACLAVA IN THE CRIMEAN WAR. ATMOSPHERIC BATTLE SCENE WITH DRIVING STRINGS, MILITARY SNARE AND PERIOD WAR FX
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16. I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE 00:01:30 FAMOUS CONFEDERATE MARCHING TUNE FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA PLAYED BY FIFE AND DRUM BAND. COMPOSED BY DAN EMMETT (1815-1904)
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17. BATTLE OF LYNCHBURG 00:01:08 PRE-BATTLE OPTIMISM. UP-TEMPO AMERICAN CIVIL WAR STYLE MARCH FEATURING FIFE AND DRUM BAND
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18. THE IRISH FAMINE 00:01:49 A HUMAN TRAGEDY. BLEAKLY ATMOSPHERIC WHISTLE AND BAGPIPES
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19. THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME 00:03:02 LIGHT AND LILTING RENDITION OF THE FAMOUS SONG 'HOME SWEET HOME' WITH FEMALE VOCAL AND HARP
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20. VICTORIA'S TRAGEDY 00:02:22 QUEEN VICTORIA IN MOURNING FOR PRINCE ALBERT. SAD PIANO IN THE VICTORIAN STYLE
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21. ZULU BATTLE 00:01:39 THE BATTLE OF ISANDLWANA OR RORKE'S DRIFT. DOCUMENTARY-STYLE SCENES OF CONFLICT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA WITH DRIVING STRINGS, ZULU DRUMMING AND CHANTING AND BATTLE FX
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22. DR LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME 00:01:54 19TH CENTURY MISSIONARY EXPEDITIONS INTO THE HEART OF AFRICA. DOCUMENTARY-STYLE SOUNDTRACK WITH MARIMBAS, PERCUSSION AND STRINGS
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23. MUSIC HALL PIANO 00:01:38 A TYPICAL VICTORIAN MUSIC HALL PIANO TUNE. JAUNTY SOLO PIANO
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24. VICTORIAN MUSIC BOX 1 00:02:03 MAGICAL WALTZING VICTORIAN MUSIC BOX. AN ARRANGEMENT OF 'VALSE DES FEES OP. 195' BY EUGENE KETTERER (1831-1870)
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27. THE LAMENTING MAID 00:03:27 A VICTORIAN PARLOUR-STYLE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRADITIONAL SONG WITH FEMALE VOCAL AND HARP. ALSO KNOWN AS 'EARLY ONE MORNING'
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28. VICTORIAN MELODRAMA 00:01:48 A WORLD OF TEMPTRESSES, SCOUNDRELS AND ARISTOCRATIC VILLAINS! DRAMATIC AND INTRIGUING SOLO PIANO
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29. HER MAJESTY 00:02:01 AN ODE TO QUEEN VICTORIA. NOBLE AND DIGNIFIED ORCHESTRAL THEME WITH A QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH FEEL
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30. DREI EQUALI NO.1 00:01:46 THE MUSIC PERFORMED AT QUEEN VICTORIA’S FUNERAL. SOMBRE AND MOURNFUL TROMBONE QUARTET. COMPOSED BY LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
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31. I WAS GLAD 00:03:16 CHURCH ORGAN RENDITION OF THE ANTHEM CHORAL WORK PERFORMED AT EDWARD VII’S CORONATION. COMPOSED BY HUBERT PARRY (1848-1918)
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32. VICTORIAN TEA PARTY 00:02:15 LIGHT-HEARTED LATE VICTORIAN-STYLE DRAWING ROOM PIANO. BRIGHT AND HAPPY SCENES OF SOCIAL NICETIES
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33. AN EDWARDIAN ROMANCE 00:01:36 LOVE AND COURTSHIP IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. SENTIMENTAL AND ROMANTIC STRING QUARTET
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34. PROMENADE ON DECK 00:01:37 EARLY 20TH CENTURY LUXURY OCEAN LINER TRAVEL FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA. A JOLLY STRING QUARTET AND PIANO BAND ENTERTAINING PASSENGERS ON A TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE
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35. THE TIPPLER 00:01:46 CLOSING TIME AT THE DOG AND DUCK. DRUNKEN COMEDY WITH SAX, TUBA, BANJO AND DRUMS
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36. MARCH OF THE EDWARDIANS 00:02:21 ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF EDWARDIAN CITY DWELLERS, STREET VENDORS AND EARLY MOTOR VEHICLES. LIGHT-HEARTED MARCH FEATURING BANJO, STRINGS AND TUBA
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37. EDWARDIAN FINERY 00:02:02 OPULENCE AND EXTRAVAGANCE ON SHOW DURING THE EDWARDIAN ERA IN BRITAIN OR AMERICA'S GILDED AGE. ELEGANT STRING QUARTET
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38. DOWN BESIDE THE SEASIDE 00:01:53 A TRADITIONAL EDWARDIAN VISIT TO THE SEASIDE WITH BATHING MACHINES, DONKEY RIDES AND NAUGHTY POSTCARDS. COMICAL CLARINET AND TUBA
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39. ARTS AND CRAFTS 00:02:08 WILLIAM MORRIS DESIGNS IN BEAUTIFUL EDWARDIAN HOUSES HARKING BACK TO AN EARLIER TIMES. ELEGANT AND NOSTALGIC PIANO BALLAD
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40. THE EDWARDIANS 00:01:28 A TIME OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY WITH THE EDWARDIAN ERA IN BRITAIN AND THE BELLE EPOQUE IN FRANCE. REFINED ELEGANCE WITH STRINGS, WOODWIND AND HARP
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41. DAMSEL IN DISTRESS 00:02:15 THE HEROINE IN PERILOUS LIFE-THREATENING DANGER! MELODRAMATIC SILENT MOVE PIANO
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42. BOATING DOWN THE RIVER 00:01:55 CHAMPAGNE CHARLIES' AND 'PRETTY JEMIMAS' ENJOYING SUMMER FROLICS. CAREFREE EDWARDIAN ERA FUN
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43. DAISY, DAISY 00:01:47 PIANO ONLY VERSION OF FAMOUS VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN SONG 'DAISY BELL' WRITTEN BY HARRY DACRE (1857-1922)
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44. LADY OF THE MANOR 00:02:03 GRAND COUNTRY ESTATES. EDWARDIAN OPULENCE AND GRANDEUR WITH STRING QUARTET
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45. MY DARLING ENGLISH ROSE 00:01:28 AN EDWARDIAN-STYLE NOSTALGIC TUNE. SIMPLE SOLO PIANO
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46. QUEEN OF THE VAUDEVILLE 00:02:00 I SAY, I SAY, I SAY! BAWDY COMEDIANS AND DANCERS ENTERTAINING THE CROWDS. JOLLY MUSIC HALL BAND
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47. LADY OF LETTERS 00:02:06 EDWARDIAN ELEGANCE AND SOPHISTICATION. DIGNIFIED STRING QUARTET IN THE PERIOD STYLE
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48. THE BEER GARDEN WALTZ 00:02:48 PARIS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. CHARMING EUROPEAN WALTZ WITH ACCORDION, VIOLIN AND PIANO
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49. DON’T DILLY DALLY 00:02:01 I THINK I MIGHT BE A LITTLE SQUIFFY BERTIE! COMICAL WALTZ WITH SAX LEAD
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50. TRIP TRAPPING ALONG 00:01:31 MOTORING PIONEERS DRIVING THROUGH COUNTRY LANES. QUIRKY AND SPRIGHTLY WOODWIND AND STRINGS