John Marsh in Romsey - at the end of 1768
from The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828), page 59:
Mr Daman & I ... thought we might as well call on Mr Green the organ builder... I here saw a curious instrument with bells struck by hammers, play'd with a sett of keys like a harpsichord making for a gentleman, but which kind of instrument I never heard of afterwards.
cite as
John Marsh, The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828). In John Marsh, and Brian Robins (ed.), The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828), volume - (Stuyvesant, New York, 1998), p. 59. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1394718429536 accessed: 18 January, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| performance of 'unknown' |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | at the end of 1768 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by iepearson on Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:47:09 +0000