Lady Chesterfield et al. in Monaghan - March, 1746

from The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, Series 1, Volume 2, pages 427-428:

Letter from Mrs.Delany to Mrs. Dewes, Delville, 8 March, 1745-6 - Last Wednesday the Dean and I were invited to the Bishop of Clogher's to a musical entertainment, made for my Lord and Lady Chesterfield ; no ladies were invited but performers—Lady Freak, ! Miss Maxwell, and your humble servant, but I was excused; the other ladies played and sung extremely well. Lady Freak has a great hand and genius for music, but has had few advantages in learning ; Miss Maxwell has been very well taught. Mr. Dubourg played the first fiddle, and played better than ever I heard him : the concert was very …   more >>
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Mary Delany, and Augusta Hall (ed.), The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, Series 1, Volume 2, volume 1/2 (London, 1861), p. 427-428. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434465268593 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Monaghan

Listeners

Mary Delany
Botanical decoupage artist letter-writer, blue-stocking, Artist, Writer
1700-1788

Listening to

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performance of 'Unknown' performed by Lady Freak, Miss Maxwell, Mr. Dubourg

Experience Information

Date/Time March, 1746
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors

Originally submitted by Gill on Tue, 16 Jun 2015 15:34:28 +0100
Approved on Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:33:29 +0100