Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Not a typo - it was named the Battle OFF Trafalgar - composed by John Watlen. The second in this series. Descriptive music was popular in the Regency period and composers were quick to commemorate important events.
Pianists playing these will find that they generate a real feeling of involvement in the event - in a time when there was no mass communication apart from newspapers.
It is unashamedly jingoistic - bear in mind that Britain was in a state of war or skirmishing with France for 49 out of the 71 years between 1744 and 1815, and during that time Britain was under threat of French invasion on no less than 7 occasions
As usual, Ros is playing her 1812 Square Piano - the appropriate instrument for the period.
Our thanks to our good friend Rod Glanfield who provided the still shots from which the video has been created.
Not a typo - it was named the Battle OFF Trafalgar - composed by John Watlen. The second in this series. Descriptive music was popular in the Regency period and composers were quick to commemorate important events.
Pianists playing these will find that they generate a real feeling of involvement in the event - in a time when there was no mass communication apart from newspapers.
It is unashamedly jingoistic - bear in mind that Britain was in a state of war or skirmishing with France for 49 out of the 71 years between 1744 and 1815, and during that time Britain was under threat of French invasion on no less than 7 occasions
As usual, Ros is playing her 1812 Square Piano - the appropriate instrument for the period.
Our thanks to our good friend Rod Glanfield who provided the still shots from which the video has been created.
