Mary Delany in Dublin - December, 1731

from Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany: with interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, page 327:

I wrote to you last Saturday and gave you an account of all that had happened till that time. That night we went to Mrs. Barbier's benefit, which was not very full. She sings well, with a bad voice, but having at home an entertainment so excellent in that way, I cannot say I can bear any other singing.

cite as

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. 327. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1443536047649 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Dublin

Listeners

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

Listening to

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Benefit concert performed by Mrs. Barbier

Experience Information

Date/Time December, 1731
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by cathcoyne on Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:14:07 +0100
Approved on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:54:39 +0000