In this episode, I survey the decades leading up to the beginning of the podcast’s narrative in 1829. Even before Victoria assumed the throne in 1837, people were debating what the nineteenth century would represent. Would it go down in history as a dismal era whose inhabitants had sold their hearts and minds to profit-hungry businessmen? Or would it be remembered as a golden age defined by progress and reform? As we seek out an answer, I’ll argue that Victorian culture was uniquely post-industrial, post-revolutionary, and post-Romantic.
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CREDITS
Written and narrated by Brian Reinken
Produced and edited by Marcie LaCerte
Artwork by Marcie LaCerte
Theme song: Waltz (Tschikovsky Op. 40) by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
LINKS
Letterboxd / Apple / Spotify / YouTube
CONTACT
[email protected]
MUSIC
Chopin - Mazurka No. 21 in C-sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4 (Edward Neeman)
Blue Feather by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1 by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License
Mendelssohn String Quartet 2, 3rd movement (Intermezzo)
Chopin - 12 Études, Op. 25 - No. 1 in A-Flat major 'Harp Study' (Edward Neeman)
1920's 78 recordings
Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey, Organ, 4 Verses)
Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 - I. Allegro vivace assai (Musopen String Quartet)
Weber - Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet and piano - 2. Andante con moto. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
La Marseillaise
United States Navy Band - God Save the Queen
Stainer's Crucifixion - God So Loved the World
Chopin - Waltz in E Op-Posth (Piano Performance by eldüendesüarez). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' - I. Allegro con brio (Musopen Symphony)
Haydn-concerto in D dur.2016. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Chopin - Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, B. 108 (Diana Hughes)
Debussy - Doctor Gradys ad Parnassum (Children's Corner) (Piano Performance by eldüendesüarez). This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Claude Debussy - Préludes (Livre II) - VIII. Ondine (Marcelle Meyer, 1956)
SOUND EFFECTS
Mill MIX.wav by ccundell -- https://freesound.org/s/702460/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
Queen Street Mill, loom running then stops.wav by phonoflora -- https://freesound.org/s/201181/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
LotsDistantCracksCoutryside.mp3 by HerbertBoland -- https://freesound.org/s/142025/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Running Horse with a Rider by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/645465/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
Broken Tiles SFX.wav by DCSFX -- https://freesound.org/s/366117/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0
Street Battle: Lviv Ukraine - WW1 Reconstruction.wav by Lubini -- https://freesound.org/s/337773/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
PROTESTS by XHALE303 -- https://freesound.org/s/536936/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Farmland village spring 716 AM 230430_0592 by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/735125/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
WATRLap water lapping at domestic Venice pier, fast boat passes and backwash by ermine -- https://freesound.org/s/798383/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
Leaves rustling .wav by thepitomized -- https://freesound.org/s/656199/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
Tui - New Zealand bird by tdes -- https://freesound.org/s/155767/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
At the edge of Europe.mp3 by soundsofeurope -- https://freesound.org/s/148863/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0
CHURCH BELLS.m4a by CousinAwd -- https://freesound.org/s/528827/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Markt Den Bosch NL 161211_1060.flac by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/370752/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Thunderstorm in Urban Backyard by WakinyAntifa -- https://freesound.org/s/398805/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
Wind Chime.wav by CharleneZ -- https://freesound.org/s/326342/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0
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