Alexander Mackenzie in Florence - the 1880's

from A Musician's Narrative , page 100:

Popular attention was, as ever, concentrated solely upon Opera (Ponchielli's Gioconda the event of the year); excepting on rare occasions a Chamber Concert by Buonamici and the 'cellist Jefte Sbolci, chiefly supported by the British colony and a few Florentine families, there were no musical attractions.
cite as

Alexander Mackenzie, A Musician's Narrative (London, 1927), p. 100. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431463750606 accessed: 13 December, 2024

location of experience: Florence

Listeners

Alexander Mackenzie
Violinist
1847-1935

Listening to

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La Gioconda
written by Amilcare Ponchielli
Chamber music
written by Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Geminiani, George Frideric Handel
performed by Giuseppe Bonamici, Jefte Sbolci

Experience Information

Date/Time the 1880's
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by gkw on Tue, 12 May 2015 21:49:10 +0100
Approved on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:40:41 +0100