Tuesday, 30 April 2013

A musical intermezzo

On this joyful 30th April 2013 some musical entertainment from the early modern period.

One is called 'Marlbrough ne revient pas', and written after the battle of Malplaquet of September 1709. It tells how Sarah Churchill is told that her husband found his death on the fields of Malplaquet.


Le roi et mort, vive le roi: The funeral march for Louis XIV.


And finally, William Croft's ode for the peace of Utrecht, now 200 years ago.

(Please ignore any commercials)

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