Aleksei Grigorevich Orlov et al. in London - between 13 November, 1775 and 11 December, 1775

from Letter from Frances Burney to Samuel Crisp, 13 Nov/11 Dec 1775 , pages 61-2:

I will say no more, but change the subject, and come to Yesterday, to give you an Account of a little Concert we had, at which Assisted a most superb party of company. It was occasioned by the desire of Dr King to have Prince Orloff of Russia hear Mr Burney and my sister in a Duet before he left England. . . We had no performers but Mr Burney and Hetty, but a good deal of Company. So now, Enter his Highness, attended by a Russian Nobleman, and followed by General Bawr. . . . He was received by my Father in the Drawing Room. The Library, where the music was, was so crowded he only …   more >>
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Frances Burney, Letter from Frances Burney to Samuel Crisp, 13 Nov/11 Dec 1775 . In Frances Burney, and Peter Sabor and Lars E. Troide (ed.), Journals and Letters (London, 2001), p. 61-2. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1394021040658 accessed: 12 December, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Listening to

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Duet by Johann Gottfried Muettel
written by Johann Gottfried Muethel
performed by Esther Burney and Charles Rousseau Burney

Experience Information

Date/Time between 13 November, 1775 and 11 December, 1775
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by Baglet on Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:04:01 +0000