Eighteenth-century standards on CD. (Music Marketplace).

Eighteenth-century standards on CD. (Music Marketplace). Colonial Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia. Colonial Williamsburg consists of many of the buildings that formed the original colonial capital of Williamsburg in James City County from 1699 to 1780, with all traces of later , Public Relations public relations,activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Department, P.O. Box 1776, Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776; (800) 447-8679 or (757) 220-7286; www.colonialwilliamsburg.org. $17.95. Colonial Williamsburg introduces a new CD of colonial keyboard music, Keys of the Palace, featuring Colonial Williamsburg musician and interpreter Michael Monaco performing more than twenty works written by eighteenth-century composers. Among the selections are "Minuet" by Peter Pelham Peter Pelham (ca. 1695[1] - December 1751), American limner and engraver, was born in England, a son of Peter Pelham, named "gentleman" in his will. The senior Pelham, who died in Chichester, Sussex, in 1756, is revealed in letters to his son in America as a man , "Air" by George Friedrich Handel, "Scot's Ground" and "Lesson by Lully" by Scottish music publisher Robert Bremner and "Pastorale" by Charles Wesley. The CD was recorded in the Governor's Palace The Governor's Palace, home of the Colony of Virginia's Royal Governors, is located on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is one of the two largest buildings at Colonial Williamsburg, the other being the Capitol. in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area using antique instruments in its collections, including a 1758 Jacob Kirckman harpsichord harpsichord,stringed musical instrument played from a keyboard. Its strings, two or more to a note, are plucked by quills or jacks. The harpsichord originated in the 14th cent. and by the 16th cent. Venice was the center of its manufacture. , a circa 1780 James Ball pianoforte and a 1750 Adcock and Pether bureau organ. "These are not concert selections," said Monaco. "These are the sort of compositions colonists would experience in the day-to-day living in Williamsburg." For more information contact Colonial Williamsburg.