Mary Delany in Dublin - January, 1752
from Letter from Mary Granville Pendarves Delany to Anne Granville Dewes, 26 Jan., 1752, page 406:
Last Saturday we were invited to the Primate's to hear music…it was the Duke of Dorset's birthday, and the entertainment given in honour of it. A fine dinner was given to a number of the principal men…. Our music was chiefly Italian -- the Stabat Mater, sung by Guadagni (whom you heard sing in Mr. Handel's oratorios) and Mrs. Oldmixon; Dubourg the principal violin: it was well performed, and some of the duet parts are very pretty. They had more music after we left them, but we staid till nearly ten, which was a late hour for us.
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Mary Delany, Letter from Mary Granville Pendarves Delany to Anne Granville Dewes, 26 Jan., 1752. In Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (ed.), The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delany, volume 1 (Boston, 1874), p. 406. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1386673372720 accessed: 24 November, 2024
Listeners
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Stabat Mater
written by Pergolesi, Rossini |
performed by Dubourg, Guadagni, Mrs Oldmixon |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | January, 1752 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:02:52 +0000