Victorian Prog?

Thanks for the recommendations everyone! Some of them have been very helpful. In my quest to find music that scratches this particular itch, the album that's come closest is Ange's Au-Delà Du Délire, especially the first two tracks. And to Starshiper, I think YS absolutely falls under what I'm looking for!

Starshiper wrote: In an age where one could hardly trust a railway timetable, it seemed only fitting that Victorians would turn to spirit mediums for a more reliable connection to the other side. Therefore, as my last suggestion on this lovely topic, I would also like to suggest the 1972 album "Ys" by Il Balletto di Bronzo because of its haunting atmosphere.

Hrychu wrote: Cristi wrote: Chat GPT, is that you? I'd say, to me it sounds more like Svetonio, rather than AI :v

Edited by Cristi - September 19 2024 at 04:12

Cristi wrote: Chat GPT, is that you?

I'd say, to me it sounds more like Svetonio, rather than AI :v

Cristi wrote: Starshiper wrote: Cristi wrote: Starshiper wrote: Of course, Rick Wakeman has nothing to do with Genesis, but his album(s) featuring the iconic Jules Verne theme screams with all its grandeur as Victorian prog and certainly deserves an honourable mention! Jules Verne was a French writer.  I'm confused.  Don't be confused. The Victorian era was notable for hasty industrialisation and scientific progress, which made Verne's themes particularly resonant with the audiences on both sides of the channel. His ability to blend adventure with scientific inquiry appealed to readers in Great Britain who were fascinated by exploration and discovery during the Victorian era. Even if Jules Verne's novels first struggled for wider popularity in England due to translation issues at the time, his books did gain recognition in Victorian-era Britain as the readers here appreciated their adventurous spirit and scientific imagination. Chat GPT, is that you?!

This is a screenshot of the result after my text was "checked" for you via AI detector. I'm doing this as a gesture of goodwill, but it's also the last time I'm doing this, so please don't accuse me again that I post AI-generated texts.

Cristi wrote: Starshiper wrote: Of course, Rick Wakeman has nothing to do with Genesis, but his album(s) featuring the iconic Jules Verne theme screams with all its grandeur as Victorian prog and certainly deserves an honourable mention! Jules Verne was a French writer.  I'm confused.

Don't be confused. The Victorian era was notable for hasty industrialisation and scientific progress, which made Verne's themes particularly resonant with the audiences on both sides of the channel. His ability to blend adventure with scientific inquiry appealed to readers in Great Britain who were fascinated by exploration and discovery during the Victorian era. Even if Jules Verne's novels first struggled for wider popularity in England due to translation issues at the time, his books did gain recognition in Victorian-era Britain as the readers here appreciated their adventurous spirit and scientific imagination.

Starshiper wrote: Of course, Rick Wakeman has nothing to do with Genesis, but his album(s) featuring the iconic Jules Verne theme screams with all its grandeur as Victorian prog and certainly deserves an honourable mention!

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Geese and the Ghost by Anthony Phillips

Nah. Rather than with the Victorian era, which requires the grand orchestration and showy pattern that could be associated with it, the music on "The Geese and the Ghost" album is quite mellow prog-rock featuring acoustic instrumentation that evokes a pastoral atmosphere reminiscent of the Elizabethan era (e.g., the album's central piece, "Henry: Portraits from Tudor Times").