Samuel Pepys in Whitehall - 8 July, 1660
from Diary of Samuel Pepys, 8 July 1660, page 61:
Lords day. To Whitehall to chapel, where I got in with ease by going before the Lord Chancellor with Mr. Kipps. Here I heard very good Musique, the first time that I remember ever to have heard the Organs and singing-men in Surplices in my life.
cite as
Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, 8 July 1660. In Robert Latham and William Matthews (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys : a selection (London, 2003), p. 61. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1407576747323 accessed: 5 February, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| 17th-century sacred music |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 8 July, 1660 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:32:27 +0100