William Gardiner in Rotterdam - September, 1827

from Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, pages 532-533:

In September, 1827, we embarked on board the steamer at the Tower stairs for Rotterdam [...] As soon as we had dressed I repaired to the cathedral, and was just in time for the morning service. On entering, at the eastern end, I had a full view of the organ, which so much surpassed in magnitude anything of the kind I had seen before, that for a while I was at a loss to conjecture even at what I was looking. The massive columns of silver rising from the floor up to the roof, and filling up the whole width of the middle aisle, was a spectacle without parallel. The sounds did not correspond …   more >>

cite as

William Gardiner, Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, volume 2 (London, January, 1838), p. 532-533. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433883818346 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Rotterdam

Listeners

William Gardiner
Composer, Hosier
1770-1853

Listening to

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Unknown organ music

Experience Information

Date/Time September, 1827
Medium live
Listening Environment indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:03:39 +0100
Approved on Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:02:38 +0100