Mary Dewes in London - 1763
from Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany, page 14:
Last Tuesday was sevennight I was at an assembly at Lady Hillborough's ; Wednesday I was at the Oratorio ; Thursday Mrs. D., Mr. G., and Miss Chapone, and my brother, went to the play. I was to have gone, but the Duchess of Queensberry sent me a ticket to go to a ball in Soho Square, and I went with my Lady Cowper. It is a very fine room. The Duke of York was there, and he began the ball ; I danced but two dances ; it was so hot ; there was not any minuets. The French horn, fiddle, and other instruments, played till the ball began, which was about nine.
Augusta Hall (ed.), Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany, volume 1 (London, 1862), p. 14. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444928055871 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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hide composers| Dances (no Minuets) |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1763 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors |