Samuel Pepys in London - 22 July, 1664
from Diary of Samuel Pepys, 22 July 1664, pages 407-408:
We walked straight to church...; and then I left... without staying the sermon, and straight home by water and there find as I expected, Mr. Hill and Andrews and one slovenly and ugly fellow, Seignor Pedro, who sings Italian songs to the Theorbo most neatly; and they spent the whole evening in singing the best piece of musique, counted of all the hands in the world, made by Seignor Charissimi the famous master in Rome. Fine it was endeed, and too fine for me to judge of. They have spoke to Pedro to meet us every week, and I fear it will grow a trouble to me if we once come to bid guests to … more >>
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Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, 22 July 1664. In Robert Latham and William Matthews (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys : a selection (London, 2003), p. 407-408. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1407320699438 accessed: 10 December, 2024
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Italian songs
written by Giacomo Carissimi |
performed by Andrews, Mr. Hill, Seignor Pedro |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 22 July, 1664 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:24:59 +0100