Mary Delany in London - December, 1729
from Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany: with interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, page 229:
[Letter to Mrs. Anne Granville]
The opera is too good for the vile taste of the town: it is condemned never more to appear on the stage after this night. I long to hear its dying song, poor dear swan. We are to have some old opera revived, which I am sorry for, it will put people upon making comparisons between these singers and those that performed before, which will be a disadvantage among the ill-judging multitude. The present opera is disliked because it is too much studied, and they love nothing but minuets and ballads, in short the Beggars' Opera and Hurlothrumho are only … more >>
Mary Granville, and Augusta Hall (ed.), Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany: with interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, volume 1 (London, 1861), p. 229. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1443531310706 accessed: 7 February, 2025
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Listening to
hide composers| Beggars' Opera |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | December, 1729 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |