Napoleonic Pleasures : 96
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Music / Directory / 1st EmpireLe Chant du Départ
Le Chant du Départ Un député du peupleLa victoire en chantant nous ouvre la barrière ; La liberté guide nos pas. Et du nord au midi la trompette guerrière A sonné l'heure des combats. Tremblez, ennemis de la France, Rois ivres de sang et d'orgueil ! Le peuple souverain s'avance ; Tyrans, descendez au cercueil […]
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Music / Directory / 1st EmpirePartant pour la Syrie or Le beau Dunois
Partant pour la Syrie or Le beau Dunois Partant pour la Syrie, Le jeune et beau Dunois, Venait prier Marie De bénir ses exploits : Faites, Reine immortelle, Lui dit-il en partant, Que j'aime la plus belle Et sois le plus vaillant. On lui doit la Victoire. Vraiment, dit le seigneur ; Puisque tu fais […]
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Music / Directory / 1st EmpireBataille de Maringo (sic)
Bataille de Maringo (sic) MarcheCommandement Maestoso (coup de canon)Appel de Trompettes (coup de canon)AttaqueAllegro (feu roulant, canons, l'ennemi reçoit des renforts, les Français sont repoussés et font retraite jusqu'à St. Juliano, le Ier Consul arrête ce mouvement rétrograde), All[egr]o assai (le corps commandé par Dessaix charge l'ennemi à la baïonnette. Ce général est blessé mortellement), All[egr]o vivace […]
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Fashion / Directory / 1st EmpireThe Fashions of the Day, or Time Past and Present (1740-1807)
The Fashions of the Day, or Time Past and Present (1740-1807) “The Fashions of the Day, or Time Past and Present” is an 1807 caricature engraved by Charles Williams after a drawing by Woodward. It presents a contrast between “The Year 1740: A Lady's full dress of Bombazeen (i.e. bombazine or bombasine, a heavy corded […]
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Fashion / Directory / 1st EmpireExample of Parisian fashion (March 1806)
Example of Parisian fashion (March 1806) “Pearls are so 'in' these days that they are preferred to diamonds. […] Combs are hardly worn, flowers are similarly out of favour and often only used to provide decoration for horses. However, certain topknots have been seen with a tightly bound bunch of flowers which covers the whole […]
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Fashion / 2nd Republic / 2nd EmpireFashion for one’s villa (June 1855)
Fashion for one’s villa (June 1855) This apricot-coloured silk dress is composed of two skirts, each decorated with small flounces which come together at the front so as to form an apron. The flounces are so arranged as to form a point. The first skirt has five flounces, the second four. The body is high, […]