Mary Delany - 31 December, 1726
from Letter from Mary Granville Pendarves Delany to Anne Granville Dewes, January 1, 1727?, page 84:
Yesterday I was at the rehearsal of the new opera composed by Handel: I like it extremely, but the taste of the town is so depraved, that nothing will be approved of but the burlesque. The Beggars' Opera entirely triumphs over the Italian one; I have not yet seen it, but everybody that has seen it, says it is very comical and full of humour; the songs will soon be published, and I will send them to you.
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Mary Delany, Letter from Mary Granville Pendarves Delany to Anne Granville Dewes, January 1, 1727?. In Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (ed.), The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delany, volume 1 (Boston, 1874), p. 84. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1385488494881 accessed: 16 April, 2024 (British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries 1500-1950)
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written by George Frideric Handel |
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| Date/Time | 31 December, 1726 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in public |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:54:55 +0000