Mary Delaney et al. in England - late August, 1751
from Letter from Mrs Delaney to Bernard Granville, Esq., Gloucester, 30 August 1751, page 44:
Miss Viney is now in her element, having sat up three nights together till 2 and 3 o'clock — Wednesday and Thursday at the assembly and last night at a ball Mr. Mee gave. Mrs. Viney, poor Nancy, and I passed the evening very agreeably with oratorios and talking. Mr. Dewes had enough of the music on Wednesday and Thursday morning, and went to Cheltenham Thursday evening on his way home.
cite as
Letter from Mrs Delaney to Bernard Granville, Esq., Gloucester, 30 August 1751. In Augusta Hall (ed.), The Autobiography and correspondence of Mary Granville, volume Series,1 Vol. III (London, 1861), p. 44. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436360196422 accessed: 29 November, 2024
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Oratorios
written by George Frideric Handel, Pasquale Anfossi |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | late August, 1751 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by Liz Ford on Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:56:36 +0100
Approved on Tue, 14 Mar 2017 10:57:41 +0000