John Marsh in St Paul's, Covent Garden - July, 1767

from The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828), page 44:

... I remember going one Sunday with Mr Harvest to St. Paul's Covent Garden, where I was much pleased with the celebrated & eccentric Mr Clarke's performance on the organ, who was then reputed to be the first performer on that instrument in London...
cite as

John Marsh, The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828). In John Marsh, and Brian Robins (ed.), The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828), volume - (Stuyvesant, New York, 1998), p. 44. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1394718390345 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: St Paul's, Covent Garden

Listeners

John Marsh
Gentleman, violinist, Composer, Music criticism […]
1752-1828

Listening to

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organ performed by Edward Clake

Experience Information

Date/Time July, 1767
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, outdoors, in public

Originally submitted by iepearson on Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:46:30 +0000