Queen Victoria et al. in Cologne - August, 1845

from A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume II, pages 87-88:

Letter from Bunsen to his wife, Palace of Bruhl: Wednesday, 13th August, 1845 - Then followed some fine music, the Wedding March by Mendelssohn, from his 'Midsummer Night's Dream ;' closing with a chorale, in the far echoing and responding tones of horn and trombone. The Queen herself declared that she had never heard anything to equal the effect. The prose of life disturbed its sublimities by unheard-of scramble and disorder, with which I can enter tain you when I return.
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Baroness von Bunsen, A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume II, volume 2 (London, 1868), p. 87-88. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434021663916 accessed: 28 November, 2024

location of experience: Cologne

Listeners

Queen Victoria
Monarch
1819-1901
Baron von Bunsen
Diplomat, scholar, diplomat, Theologian
1791-1860

Listening to

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Chorale
The Wedding March from a Midsummer Night's Dream
written by Felix Mendelssohn

Experience Information

Date/Time August, 1845
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others

Originally submitted by Gill on Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:21:04 +0100
Approved on Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:21:37 +0100