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Thread #114419   Message #2443795
Posted By: GUEST,Volgadon
18-Sep-08 - 04:22 AM
Thread Name: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Subject: RE: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
"I noticed a concertina, a violin, and was a bit surprised by a clarinet."
No surprise, after the Napoleonic Wars were over, a lot of clarinets made their way around England and Europe. They were very popular and in many poorer villages, replaced the organ for sunday service.