Mary Delany in Windsor Castle - 10 August, 1787

from Letter from Mary Granville Pendarves Delany to Frances Hamilton, 11 Aug. 1787, page 465:

The entertainment at the Castle yesterday was very superb. There were above a hundred people, Ministers of State and foreigners, invited to come to the Castle. At seven o'clock, and after the drawing-room was over and all compliments paid and received on the day, the company were conducted into the music-room, where there was a very fine concert, chiefly of Mr. Handel's music, most exquisitely performed.
cite as

Mary Delany, Letter from Mary Granville Pendarves Delany to Frances Hamilton, 11 Aug. 1787. In Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (ed.), The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs Delany, volume 2 (Boston, 1879), p. 465. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1386675145325 accessed: 20 April, 2024

location of experience: Windsor Castle

Listeners

Mary Delany
Botanical decoupage artist letter-writer, blue-stocking, Artist, Writer
1700-1788

Listening to

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Handel's music at Windsor Castle
written by George Frideric Handel

Experience Information

Date/Time 10 August, 1787
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by hgb3 on Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:32:25 +0000