Brother of Mary Delany et al. in London - 1744

from The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, Series 1, Volume 2, page 290:

Letter from Mrs. Delany to Mrs Dewes, Clarges Street, April 3, 1744 - To-day I shall have a treat that I shall most ardently wish you and my mother your share of. Handel, my brother, and Donnellan dine here, and we are to be entertained with Handel's playing over Joseph to us. How often and how tenderly shall I think of my Benjamin!

cite as

Mary Delany, and Augusta Hall (ed.), The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, Series 1, Volume 2, volume 1/2 (London, 1861), p. 290. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434637315387 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Listening to

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Joseph
written by George Frideric Handel, Etienne Henri Mehul
performed by George Frideric Handel

Experience Information

Date/Time 1744
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by Gill on Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:21:55 +0100
Approved on Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:11:33 +0100