# Pride and Prejudice (2005): what was the piece playing when Darcy and Elizabeth dance?

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**Created:** [July 24, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-2005-what-was-the-piece-playing-when-darcy-and-elizabeth-dance/760744 "2016-07-24T03:58:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-2005-what-was-the-piece-playing-when-darcy-and-elizabeth-dance/760744/1 "2016-07-24T03:58:48Z")

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The scene where they start out dancing in a crowded room and then they’re dancing all alone - I’m trying to find it; I thought it was a classical piece, but some of the stuff I found suggests it was written for the movie?

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**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-2005-what-was-the-piece-playing-when-darcy-and-elizabeth-dance/760744/2 "2016-07-25T17:46:41Z")

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Elizabeth and Darcy’s Dance…

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/z9SXvUdM_iw/maxresdefault.jpg "Pride & Prejudice (3/10) Movie CLIP - Elizabeth and Darcy's Dance (2005) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9SXvUdM_iw)

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**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-2005-what-was-the-piece-playing-when-darcy-and-elizabeth-dance/760744/3 "2016-07-25T18:22:19Z")

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according to IMDb:

Letter to Henry Purcell (or Postcard to Henry Purcell)  
(uncredited)  
Written by Dario Marianelli  
Performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet  
[Plays as Lizzy and Darcy dance]

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**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-2005-what-was-the-piece-playing-when-darcy-and-elizabeth-dance/760744/4 "2016-07-25T21:21:32Z")

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it’s Henry Purcell’s _Rondeau from Abdelazer._ You can hear it here:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VVivtti-n-w/maxresdefault.jpg "Henry Purcell: Rondeau from Abdelazer (Z570), Voices of Music; performed on original instruments 4K") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVivtti-n-w)

It may have been arranged by Marianelli, but it was written by Purcell.

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**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-2005-what-was-the-piece-playing-when-darcy-and-elizabeth-dance/760744/5 "2016-07-27T05:06:27Z")

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Well, that explains why it sounded so familiar when I watched the movie. Are IMDb credits usually this… vague?

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-2005-what-was-the-piece-playing-when-darcy-and-elizabeth-dance/760744/6 "2016-07-27T10:52:51Z")

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God damn it, I actually knew this! It’s one of my favorite scenes.