Baroness von Bunsen in London - early August, 1848

from Letter from Baroness Bunsen to her mother Mrs Waddington, 3 August 1848, pages 117-118:

On one occasion of being in London we went to Mrs. Sartoris, and enjoyed as usual her power of reproduction of ballad-songs, which seem as if composed by herself at the moment, so intensely does she feel through every thing the poem and music are calculated to excite and to express. Only I always feel the wish that I could gently sponge over her performance, as though it were a picture in which all the lights and shades and all the tints are right, but the contrasts too strong, the transitions too violent, yet nothing wanted for perfection but a little softening down, and degree of moderation.
cite as

Baroness von Bunsen, Letter from Baroness Bunsen to her mother Mrs Waddington, 3 August 1848. In Augustus Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Frances Baroness Bunsen, volume 1 (London, 1879), p. 117-118. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1383325910186 accessed: 9 November, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Baroness von Bunsen
Painting, Writer
1791-1876

Listening to

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ballads sung by Mrs Sartoris performed by Mrs Sartoris

Experience Information

Date/Time early August, 1848
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by hgb3 on Wed, 04 Dec 2013 19:30:00 +0000