V.A. (NOISE / AVANT-GARDE) / BABCOTTE SUDBURY AND EATON / CD

Disc 1

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   1. The Erroneous Dirge of George Babcotte 1587/1697 (Performed by Prince Gunter II (?) c.1912)
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   2. Funerary Suite no.4 ? Charles Sudbury 1832 (Performed by Wilhelm Kleinbach (?) c.1913)
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   2. March - For the subtle approach of Death: to ease the fear and calm the Soul’s gentle mortification
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   3. Introduction and March - To show the Soul’s newfound delight, and expel the sadness of those who mourn.
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   4. Dream - As the Soul looks down upon all that is laid aside, a brief moment of grief before the bargaining begins.
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   5. Panic - For the banishment of all spirits whose heart is not of purest white, and to drive away the evil- minded ghosts that dwell where death is to be found.
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   6. Flight - As if to dispel all doubts, the cleansed Spirit marks a final path between God and Man, before its ultimate ascension.
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   7. Eulogy - A final farewell as the Spirit rises unto God; not without sadness we put our faith, and the spirit of our dead, in God’s own hands. (hear a sample from a modern recording).
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   8. March - Now that all is done and as it should be, we may weep without reserve.
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    9. Introduction to the Angels ? Stanley Eaton 1910 from the Funerary Sonata (Performed by Stanley Eaton Dec.1913)
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    10. The Erroneous Dirge of George Babcotte 1587/1697 (Performed by Maria Rotaru 1975. (hear an extract from a modern recording of George Babcotte's Dirge)