Alexander Mackenzie in Covent Garden - the 1860's

from A Musician's Narrative , page 48:

At the Promenade Concerts in Covent Garden (bearing that excellent conductor, Alfred Mellon's name) there were, beside the more popular excerpts from the Classics, much Mendelssohn and some Gounod–then slowly becoming known–to be heard.
cite as

Alexander Mackenzie, A Musician's Narrative (London, 1927), p. 48. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431112171006 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Covent Garden

Listeners

Alexander Mackenzie
Violinist
1847-1935

Listening to

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Music by Gounod
written by Charles Gounod
performed by Alfred Mellon
Music by Mendelssohn
written by Felix Mendelssohn
performed by Alfred Mellon

Experience Information

Date/Time the 1860's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by gkw on Fri, 08 May 2015 20:09:31 +0100
Approved on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:53:54 +0100