William Gardiner in Leicester

from Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, page 526:

Sir Charles Hudson, who was very fond of music, used, every year, to entertain Mr. Greatorex and his companions for a fortnight. It was at the season of the autumnal assize, and under this gentle man's patronage, that Miss Greatorex held her annual concert. It was a common practice for the Judges to stop and dine with Sir Charles on their way to Leicester. In compliment to the baronet I have seen them both at the concert on the following evening. It was there that I caught something like true notions of taste. I had not then been to town, and the superior style with which the Londoners sang…   more >>

cite as

William Gardiner, Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, volume 2 (London, January, 1838), p. 526. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433882745816 accessed: 18 April, 2024

location of experience: Leicester

Listeners

William Gardiner
Composer, Hosier
1770-1853

Listening to

hide composers
Unknown Violincello piece performed by William Gardiner, Bartleman
Concert Song

Experience Information

Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Tue, 09 Jun 2015 21:45:45 +0100
Approved on Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:54:19 +0100