Samuel Pepys in London - 31 October, 1665
from Diary of Samuel Pepys, 31 October 1665, pages 547-548:
About nine at night I came home, and there find Mrs. Pierce come, and little Franke Tooker and Mr. Hill and other people, a great many, dancing, and anon comes Mrs. Coleman, with her husband and Laneare. The dancing ended, and to sing, which Mrs. Coleman doth very finely, though her voice is decayed as to strengt;h but mighty sweet, though saft - and a pleasant jolly woman, and in mighty good humour was tonight. Among other things, Laneare did at the request of Mr. Hill bring two or three the finest prints for my wife to see that ever I did see in all my life. But for singing, among other … more >>
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Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, 31 October 1665. In Robert Latham and William Matthews (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys : a selection (London, 2003), p. 547-548. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1407928754472 accessed: 5 November, 2024
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hide composersopera | performed by Elizabeth Coleman |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 31 October, 1665 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:19:14 +0100