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BOOST ZONE The Georgian EraLasting from 1714 until the mid-1830’s, the Georgian era was a period of immense political, social and artistic change. From the industrial revolution to an expanding empire it was an age of both political unrest, with revolutions in France and America and the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, and refined manners and fashions, with classically influenced art, literature and architecture flourishing. The Georgian Era is the seventh release in the groundbreaking Historyzone series of albums charting the history of the world |
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1. THE GEORGIANS 00:01:45 SWEEPING GEORGIAN CRESCENTS, BEAUTIFUL STATELY HOMES AND MAGNIFICENT GROUNDS. A TRIUMPHANT FANFARE TO A GOLDEN PERIOD
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2. GEORGIAN COUNTRY DANCE 1 00:01:52 JOYFUL FOLK DANCE OF THE 18TH CENTURY PLAYED ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS. FROM THE PLAYFORD TUNE BOOK - 'THE BISHOPS OF CHESTER'S JIG'
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5. ZADOK THE PRIEST 00:01:54 GRANDIOSE AND REGAL. FAMOUS CEREMONIAL ANTHEM WRITTEN FOR THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE II IN 1727 BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
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6. LEAVING FOR THE COLONIES 00:01:35 THE FIRST WAVES OF IRISH AND WESTCOUNTRY MEN EMBARK ON A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY TO THE COLONIES. FEATURES FOLK FIDDLE AND ORCHESTRA
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7. PIANO IN THE PARLOUR 00:01:57 AN EVENING SOIREE IN POLITE SOCIETY. SWEET AND LYRICAL PERIOD STYLE PIANO PIECE
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9. THE HAY WAIN 00:02:23 A ROMANTIC VIEW OF GEORGIAN ENGLAND. PICTURESQUE 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE. ORCHESTRA FEATURING OBOE AND FLUTES
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11. AT THE REGENT’S PLEASURE 00:01:39 WALTZING BY CANDLELIGHT. FLIRTATIOUS COURTIERS FAWN OVER THE PRINCE REGENT. SMALL STRING SECTION AND WOODWIND
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12. DRESSING FOR DINNER 00:01:23 YOUNG GEORGIAN DANDIES PREEN THEMSELVES IN PREPARATION FOR LADIES. GEORGIAN STYLE SOLO PIANO
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13. THE JACOBITE REBELLION 00:01:39 THE SCOTS AND LEADING CATHOLICS REVOLT AND THE JACOBITES RISE AGAIN. OMINOUS DRONES, MILITARY SNARE, PERCUSSION AND DISTANT BRASS
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15. TO THE BRITISH GRENADIERS 00:03:11 THE FAMOUS MILITARY SONG SUNG WITH GUSTO AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DURING THE NAPOLEONIC CAMPAIGNS. FEATURES MALE AND FEMALE SOLOISTS WITH HARPSICHORD AND STRINGS
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16. GRAND CRESCENTS 00:01:51 THE GRAND BUILDINGS AND THOROUGHFARES OF GEORGIAN LONDON. CELEBRATORY 18TH CENTURY STYLE THEME WITH ORCHESTRA FEATURING TRUMPETS AND FLUTES
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17. THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 00:02:20 AN ATMOSPHERIC SCENE-SETTER FOR A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS (1803-1815) AND REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SEA BATTLES OF ALL TIME
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18. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO 00:02:03 GRUESOME AND INTENSE COMBAT DURING THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO WHICH MARKED THE END OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS (1803-185)
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19. VICTORY PARADE 00:02:03 BRITISH POMP AND PATRIOTISM. GRAND ORCHESTRAL CELEBRATIONS OF VICTORY
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21. AMERICANS ON THE MARCH 00:01:04 FREE AMERICANS MARCH INTO TOWN WITH INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH SECURED. CELEBRATORY AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783) SCENE-SETTER FEATURING FIFE AND DRUMS
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23. A LAMENT 00:01:56 PRETTY LATE GEORGIAN/EARLY VICTORIAN PARLOUR GUITAR PIECE COMPOSED BY CATHARINA PRATTEN (1824-1895)
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24. SUPPER WITH MISS AUSTEN 00:01:45 A RECITAL AT HOME IN GEORGIAN TIMES. GENTEEL AND LYRICAL SOLO PIANO
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26. THE INDUSTRIALISTS 00:01:56 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGINS AND WITH IT BIG SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES. PULSING STRINGS EVOKE IMAGES OF RAPID INDUSTRIALISATION AND 'DARK SATANIC MILLS'
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27. PIANO ROMANTICO 00:02:32 A SWEET AND ROMANTIC PIANO LULLABY IN THE STYLE OF MOZART
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28. PARLOUR GUITAR WALTZ 00:01:35 GENTLE AND PRECISE PARLOUR GUITAR WALTZ IN THE STYLE OF THE GEORGIAN ERA
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31. MARKET DAY IN A GEORGIAN TOWN 00:03:23 FLOWING YET FORMAL 18TH CENTURY COUNTRY DANCE PLAYED ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS. FROM THE PLAYFORD TUNE BOOK - 'BLOOMSBURY MARKET'