Mary Delany in Westminster Abbey - July, 1786

from The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany, page 365:

I went to town at the anniversary of the Abbey music: the King gave me tickets, and Miss Port tickets. Though I suspected my own ability of being able to make use of them, I could not deprive Miss Port of the opportunity of going, but she was (I may say, happily) prevented, by falling ill of the measles, which, I thank God, she has now passed through as well as can be wished. I enjoyed one performance of the music, and we returned to Windsor on the 16th of June.

cite as

Augusta Hall (ed.), The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany, volume 2/3 (London, 1862), p. 365. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1446667630099 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Westminster Abbey

Listeners

Mary Delany
Botanical decoupage artist letter-writer, blue-stocking, Artist, Writer
1700-1788

Listening to

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Abbey music

Experience Information

Date/Time July, 1786
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by cathcoyne on Wed, 04 Nov 2015 20:07:10 +0000
Approved on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:36:14 +0000