Charles Burney in Rome - 12 November, 1770

from Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney, page 203:

In the afternoon I drank coffee at the Cavaliere Battoni’s, and met there with my good friend Santarelli – his scholar the Signorina Battoni sung sweetly with noble simplicity and a truly pathetic expression, several songs of Hasse, Piccini etc...

cite as

Charles Burney, and Herbert Edmund Poole (ed.), Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney (London, 1974), p. 203. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1445521339675 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Rome

Listeners

Charles Burney
musicologist, Musician, Writer
1726-1814

Listening to

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Songs
written by Hasse, Piccini
performed by Signorina Batoni

Experience Information

Date/Time 12 November, 1770
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:42:19 +0100
Approved on Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:24:02 +0000