Samuel Pepys in Whitehall - 3 February, 1661

from Diary of Samuel Pepys, 3 February 1661, page 116:

So to Whitehall, where I stayed to hear the trumpets and kettle-drums - and then the other drums; which is much cried up, though I think it dull, vulgar music.
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Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, 3 February 1661. In Robert Latham (ed.), The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection (London, 2003), p. 116. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1407248060320 accessed: 4 December, 2024

location of experience: Whitehall

Listeners

Samuel Pepys
Member of Parliament, Diarist, Naval officer
1633-1703

Listening to

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Trumpets and kettledrums

Experience Information

Date/Time 3 February, 1661
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:14:20 +0100