Music from the Golden Age of Piracy

Here's a collection of music spanning the period between the English

Civil War and the French & Indian War -- roughly the hundred years

between 1650 and 1750. Pirates and townsfolk alike would have heard all

of these at one time or another in the pubs, at dances, and at various

affairs of state. All are fine reproductions played on period

instruments. Sound quality is 320 kbs or better. Enjoy!


Colonial America/Early American Roots -- music from the very early

colonial American period by Hesperus. This is the music of my

ancestors. You can tell they had a lot of fun with it.


Italian Dance Music -- my favorite of the lot. This is the stuff that

Baroque music grew out of. A lot of it sounds almost modern -- really

swings! You've got to hear it to believe it!


La Music du Grand Siecle -- court music written for old Louie the

Fourteenth, the Sun King. Church hymns, marching tunes, dance music --

it's all there.


La Roque N Roll -- folk music from the late French renaissance. The

Anglo-French boucaniers of the Caribbean doubtless danced many a jig to

these tunes.


Penny Merriments -- a shot of dirty filthy wicked fun straight from the

taverns of London, some 350 years ago. Sex drugs and rock & roll has

been around for a long time, folks...