British Music to Enjoy Your British Car By

OK. I admit it. I am not only a British Car nut, but an Anglophile and Royalist at heart. My partner Arthur (who also drives a Jaguar and a Land Rover, but is not really one of "The Faithful") thinks I am wierd sitting in my office, listening to Pat Metheny or Frank Sinatra one minute, and British March Music the next! Oh well, I'm a British Car addict, so if I can't drive them, I might as well experience a bit of England!

All of the following require that you have the Real Audio plug-in in your brower which is available for free on their web site at http://www.realaudio.com. They are sneaky, but if you dig around, you'll find the "free" player for download...you do not have to pay the $29.95 to experience this, and it is a worthwhile addition to any browser.

Just click on any of the following to start listening. Even with a 28.8K modem they all sound good. You can then cruise the rest of my site while you listen. Enjoy!

• The Royale Salute (0:45) A Brassy Fanfare in the great British Tradition

• The National Anthem (England) (1:07) Us Americans call it 'My Country Tis of Thee', but somebody stole this from Mother England!

• Here's Health unto Her Majesty (1:11) The famous traditional tune--us yanks will recognize it once you hear it

• Crown Imperial March (8:20) Sir William Walton: A goodie for cruising this site--typical of the formal Royal British style

• My Heart is Inditing (3:12) George Frederick Handel

• Imperial March (4:38) Sir Edward Elgar: One of the classic British composers and a supurb piece...one of my favorites, especially that regal sounding bridge

• Jerusalem (2:11) Sir William Walton: Another typical British compose

• Orb and Sceptre (6:51) Sir William Walton: Not only can us Yanks not pronounce the title without a plumb in our mouth, we don't even know what these things are! Stupid Americans...

• The King Shall Rejoyce (2:50) George Frederick Handel

• Corontaion March (9:18) Sir Edward Elgar

• Rule Britannia (2:20) Thomas Augustine Arne: Everyone knows this is the essential "English" theme. Hey Brits, how come this guy is not a "Sir"? Ringo made it.

• Trecento (Fanfare) (0:57) Major Gerry McColl

• The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (3:14) George Frederick Handel: The problem with England is that their history is so long, you could never really learn it unless you lived there. Who is this Queen, anyway?

• Pomp and Circumstance No 4 (4:56) Sir Edward Elgar: Yes, that Pomp and Circumstance. A good example of British style--frantic main theme, subdued but noble sounding bridge, and then back to the hip-hip, cherrio theme. And you thought the whole thing was graduation music? Us yanks are so ignorant!

• Zadok the Priest (4:43) George Frederick Handel

• I Vow Thee My Country (2:31) Gustav Holst

• Pomp and Circumstance No 1 (6:06) Sir Edward Elgar: Yes, that Pomp and Circumstance again. Actually its a bunch of different movements.