Alfred, Lord Tennyson - the 1850's
from Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860) , page 126:
Thackeray and Dickens had a certain liking for music, but Tennyson listened to it with great indifference, and his loud talk whilst I was playing some superlatively
fine work has now and then ' agace ' my nerves.
cite as
Charles Halle, and Marie Hallé and Charles E Halle (ed.), Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860) (London, 1896), p. 126. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1427473913308 accessed: 18 September, 2024
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Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1850's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:31:53 +0000
Approved on Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:56:03 +0100