William Gardiner in Grantham - 1789
from Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, page 101:
On entering the churchyard, at Grantham, I was gratified on hearing the tones of the organ. To enjoy the true effect of this noble instrument, you should never be within view of it. I presently made my way into the organ loft, where I found a rough fellow, like a Cyclops, working away, at a cramped extemporaneous fugue. When he concluded, I bowed a nod of approbation. He got up, and putting a quid of tobacco into his mouth, asked me to sit down and try the instrument. This I declined, and pressed him to give me another fugue. He was pleased, and instantly knocked out a chromatic one, with … more >>
William Gardiner, Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, volume 1 (London, 1838), p. 101. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433106944473 accessed: 26 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersan extemporaneous fugue | performed by anonymous male |
a chromatic fugue | performed by anonymous male |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1789 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | indoors, in public, solitary |