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A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder Playlist
20 tracks
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Nov 6, 2026
This playlist pairs waltzes, ragtime, and intimate classical pieces with sly jazz and songs about social performance, independence, and intrigue. Its shifts between polished elegance and darker, more playful moods echo Frances’s move from the constraints of marriage into the pleasures and perils of London society.
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20 songs
1
The Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314
Johann Strauss II · Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Arias
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2
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tschaikowsky: Der Nussknacker
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3
Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin · Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1
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4
In A Sentimental Mood
Duke Ellington · The Duke Plays Ellington
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5
'Round Midnight
Thelonious Monk · Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition)
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6
So What
Miles Davis · Pleasantville -Music From The Motion Picture
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7
Unsquare Dance
The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Further Out
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Edward MacDowell: Op. 51, No. 1. To a Wild Rose
Edward MacDowell · Edward MacDowell: Op. 51, No. 1. To a Wild Rose
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9
Liebesfreud
Fritz Kreisler · Caprice Viennois: Music of Fritz Kreisler
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10
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 1: No. 9, Waltz of the Snowflakes
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tschaikowsky: Der Nussknacker
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11
A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)
Fergie · Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby
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12
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
Marilyn Monroe · Marilyn Monroe - Limited Edition
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13
The Lady Is A Tramp
Frank Sinatra · Duets (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
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14
Anything Goes
Cole Porter · Anything Goes
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15
Ain't Misbehavin'
Fats Waller · If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!
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16
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Ella Fitzgerald · Ella and Louis
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17
Murder He Says
Dinah Shore · The Classic Years, Vol. 2
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18
Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered
Ella Fitzgerald · Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Song Book
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19
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Frank Sinatra · Sinatra And Swingin' Brass
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