Featured: The Vauxhall Hornpipe
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Handel wrote this piece for the famous Pleasure Gardens at Vauxhall in 1740 - this video clip also shows some illustrations of the famous gardens.
Handel wrote this piece for the famous Pleasure Gardens at Vauxhall in 1740 - this video clip also shows some illustrations of the famous gardens.
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Vauxhall Pleasure Garden
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Vauxhall Gardens - 1751
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Vauxhall Gardens - 1802
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19th Century Trigon Road
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