William Gardiner in Windsor Castle - February, 1812
from Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, page 456:
St. George’s Chapel is a noble structure; has a fine organ, and a choir that does duty every day, performing the entire cathedral service; and, what is curious, at the end of every psalm a couplet is chanted praying for the knights of the garter. Surely this must be a relic of Popish purgatory. I was complimented by being requested to choose.the service; and, in honour of the great composer who once presided here, I fixed upon that of Orlando Gibbons.
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William Gardiner, Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, volume 1 (London, 1838), p. 456. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1413210379225 accessed: 15 January, 2025
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written by Orlando Gibbons |
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Date/Time | February, 1812 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:26:19 +0100