Samuel Pepys in London - 6 January, 1661

from Diary of Samuel Pepys, 6 January 1661, page 109:

To the church again; where before Sermon, a long Psalm was set that lasted an houre while the Sexton gathered his year's contribucion through the whole church.
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Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, 6 January 1661. In Robert Latham and William Matthews (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys : a selection (London, 2003), p. 109. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1407279787208 accessed: 21 November, 2024

location of experience: London

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

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17th-century psalm setting

Experience Information

Date/Time 6 January, 1661
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public
Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:03:07 +0100