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Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Monday, 24 March 2014
Musical intermezzo ~~ Jean Baptiste Lully
Jean Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687) was the composer of choice for Louis XIV. The above selection of his work is rather nice, and gives an idea what Louis was listening to, and perhaps trying a new dance, whilst relaxing from his ambitions to conquer Europe. Though some of the pieces sounds rather martial.
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)
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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