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The Calamity Club Playlist
Set in Depression-era Oxford, Mississippi, this playlist leans into quiet resilience, class boundaries, and the slow tightening of fate around Meg and Birdie. The music shifts between intimate, porch-light melancholy and broader “road-and-chance” atmosphere, with cinematic instrumentation to keep you anchored while you read.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel · Pachelbel: Canon in D - Bach: Air on a G String - Handel: Largo from 'Xerxes' - Hallelujah Chorus - Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
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Bolero
Maurice Ravel · Klassik die man kennen muss! Die größten Werke der Klassischen Musik
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3
Pavane, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré · The Secret Fauré 2
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4
Barcarolle (From 'The Tales Of Hoffmann')
Jacques Offenbach · Discover The Classics - Myths And Legends
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Overture (From "The Barber of Seville")
Gioachino Rossini · Duet In-Temporalis. Own View
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The Blue Danube
Johann Strauss II · Blue Danube Strauss Waltzes
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7
Laura
David Raksin · The Golden Age of Light Music: The 1940s
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The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
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Blue In Green
Miles Davis · The Jazz Masters - 27 Classic Performances From The Columbia Masterpieces Series
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Moon River
Henry Mancini · Essential Classics, Vol. 68: Henry Mancini
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The Man That Got Away
Judy Garland · Six Martinis and a Broken Heart to Go (Music for Gracious Living Vol. 1)
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12
For Good
Cynthia Erivo · Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack
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Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
Marilyn Monroe · Marilyn Monroe - Limited Edition
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14
Merry-Go-Round of Life
Joe Hisaishi · Merry-Go-Round of Life (from 'Howl’s Moving Castle')
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Hedwig's Theme
John Williams · Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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The Green Mile
Thomas Newman · The Green Mile (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Hanging Tree (From "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay")
James Newton Howard · Hollywood Gala
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In My Life - Remastered 2009
The Beatles · Rubber Soul (Remastered 2009)
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