In the spring of 1842, a wealthy scholar and artist called JosephPhilibert Girault de Prangey embarked on a grand tour of the Eastern Mediterranean. With the use of his camera, a technology that had been released to the public just three years before, he documented the local sites and people, and created a collection of photos that in many cases are the earliest to survive of the countries depicted. In this video, we’ll use Girault de Prangey’s collection of photographs to retrace his journey, and discover the world of the Eastern Mediterranean as it looked almost two hundred years ago.

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Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 II. Romanze Frédéric Chopin
By “Zuzana Šimurdová” (http://musopen.org/)

Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 no. 3 Frédéric Chopin
By “Xuan He” (http://musopen.org/)

Unterm Balcon Serenade, Op. 78 Richard Wüerst
By “Steve's Bedroom Band” (http://musopen.org/)

Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2 II. Tempo di menuetto Ludwig van Beethoven
By “Paul Pitman” (http://musopen.org/)

String Quintet No.2, Op.13 II. Moderato Ernst Naumann
By “Steve's Bedroom Band” (http://musopen.org/)

Violin Concerto, WoO 15 II. Adagio Felix Draeseke
By “Julia Röntz Wolfgang MüllerSteinbach” (http://musopen.org/)

String Quartet No.2, Op.21 III. Andante molto moderato Karl Nawrátil
By “Steve's Bedroom Band” (http://musopen.org/)