Georgiana Brummell

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Hello. Georgiana Brummell is not my legal name, but it is what I prefer to be called. I chose it in honour of Beau Brummell. I live in New Jersey and am forty-one years old. Some of my interests include studying dandyism, nineteenth-century grammar, Upper Received Pronunciation, British history, and the Regency. I like coffee, tea, wine, nasal snuff, cooking, hot baths, reading British literature, nature and historical documentaries, old BBC radio shows, gardening, hot weather, and playing cards and dice. I also love cats. In classical music, I enjoy Baroque through a bit of early Romantic, while in popular, I usually prefer 1950's through 1970's. I love theatre (especially English and Viennese operettas, Edwardian musical comedies), and some Regency/Georgian plays. I am starting to learn about opera, with my main focus being singers from the 1940's and earlier, due to the change in singing style that began roughly in the 1950's. I prefer antique menswear and accessories. It's my dream to either buy a genuine Edwardian suit or have one commissioned. I love wit, wordplay, and dry humour without vulgarity. My parents are lesbians, and I am a gay rights supporter. I have been totally blind since I was two months old, due to Retinopathy of Prematurity. I am happily childfree and am not religious. My main goal in life is simply to enjoy it, and have fun learning new things along the way. I am also single and searching. If you are or know a genuine dandy, or at least, a single, childfree, intelligent, well-dressed man, preferably over sixty, please tell him about me.

Please note. I don't write about American politics, race, anticapitalism or world affairs (wars, poverty, oppression, etc.), and will not add those who do, as I don't want it filling my timelines. While I am interested in technology to an extent (particularly website accessibility), I am not a programmer or gamer, do not use Linux,and don't care what social network you use. I tend to get along better with people much older than I, but I will accept friends twenty-one and over. I have no understanding of chronic illness, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, loneliness, etc. so if you need help with that, I'm not the one to ask. I enjoy hearing about cats, cooking or gardening adventures, animals and nature, antiques, and interesting facts and life stories.

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Georgiana Brummell

3 months ago from TweeseCake •

Georgiana Brummell
3 months ago from TweeseCake •

I'm an atheist, but I still enjoy various types of music, including the religious variety, as some is quite beautiful. To that end, I posted this a few years ago on Facebook. I braved the nightmare that is the main site today and was able to find it. I hope it brings joy to you.

Now, it's time for some Christmas music history! Some of these are playlists, so just skip what you don't like, I promise, this is not the usual music you hear in shops!

I have a few time periods in mind, but let us begin with the very first Christmas song ever written.

Jesus Refulsit Omnium - Roman Christmas Song - YouTube

youtube.com/watch?v=izRVH2avtz…

And now, for something a bit more modern. Don't expect to hear Elvis on this list, though.

Here are some songs from the eighteenth century! Unfortunately, these are just instrumentals.

18th Century Authentic Christmas Music

youtube.com/watch?v=bwiJ9qsIBN…

On to the Regency! Yay! Sadly, there isn't much available from then. Please feel free to make suggestions.

The Gloucester Wassail

Now, it's time for some Christmas music history! Some of these are playlists, so just skip what you don't like, I promise, this is not the usual music you hear in shops!

I have a few time periods in mind, but let us begin with the very first Christmas song ever written.

Jesus Refulsit Omnium - Roman Christmas Song - YouTube

youtube.com/watch?v=izRVH2avtz…

And now, for something a bit more modern. Don't expect to hear Elvis on this list, though.

Here are some songs from the eighteenth century! Unfortunately, these are just instrumentals.

18th Century Authentic Christmas Music

youtube.com/watch?v=bwiJ9qsIBN…

On to the Regency! Yay! Sadly, there isn't much available from then. Please feel free to make suggestions.

The Gloucester Wassail/The Holly and the Ivy, Regency Christmas

youtube.com/watch?v=tzv5eGTxvi…

This may or may not be authentic, but it's pleasant. Again, it's instrumental.

Regency Music - Peaceful Christmas

youtube.com/watch?v=ynx3fv7JpI…

This is real, in more ways than one, as the song existed then, and it's being played on a genuine Regency piano!

O come o come Emmanuel played on a Regency period Broadwood square piano

youtube.com/watch?v=iSJwQidimD…

On to the Victorian era. Believe it or not, while a large number of familiar Christmas songs came from then, I can't find a good playlist! Again, if you know of one, please suggest it. While this recording is modern, you can be sure that Victorians would have been very familiar with the arrangements and that many also spent time in the church where this was recorded, probably hearing the same organ, too!

Victorian Carols from St Bartholomew the Great

youtube.com/watch?v=q8GV7NMfy3…

Now, let's turn to my second favourite period next to the Regency, the Edwardian! This extremely special! All of the following was actually recorded then! I have made it a tradition to listen to this every year. Some of the tunes may be familiar, but in several cases, the lyrics may not be. The last one is a real treat for the children and those young at heart!

Vintage Christmas Songs from the 1900's & 1910's Playlist

youtube.com/watch?v=zOBKgQj-qq…

I'm not very familiar with this one.

1900s -1910s Victorian Christmas Music Selection

youtube.com/watch?v=AXflh4s6T9…

This is from two years after King Edward's death, but I had to include it, as it's a lovely version. Note that the link that I originally provided no longer exists, so I had to find another. But here, you can actually see the grammophone!

"Silent Night! Hallowed Night!" Elsie Baker on VV Model XI, 1912.

youtube.com/watch?v=nElAx0MpBs…

Finally, as my friends know, I love Eton College, so I had to include this. It breaks the theme slightly, in that it doesn't belong to a specific time period, but songs from different times are sung, and all in a very traditional manner.

Eton Choir Christmas

youtube.com/playlist?app=deskt…
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