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Back up to: The Essay

1. Wind

   5/5 James Burke leads us via steam engines and iron coffins to the modern orchestra.
2. Ivories

   4/5 James Burke touches on pine trees, chintz, bowler hats – and ends up on the ivories.
3. Impression

   3/5 James Burke connects Italian electricity to Debussy via a baron's seances and your fridge.
4. Romance

   2/5 James Burke links planetary orbits, the teeny-weeny and fake Scottish literature.
5. Enlighten

   1/5 Broadcaster James Burke links organisms that might not exist to a freemason’s opera.