Charles Burney in Conservatorio of S. Onofrio, Naples - 31 October, 1770
from Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney, pages 184-5:
This morning I went with young Oliver to his conservatorio of S. Onofrio, and visited all the rooms, where the boys practice, sleep and eat. On the 1st flight of stairs was a trumpeter screaming upon his instrument till he was ready to burst - on the 2nd a French horn bellowing in the same manner - in the common practicing room was a dutch concert, consisting of 7 or 8 … more >>
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Charles Burney, and Herbert Edmund Poole (ed.), Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney (London, 1974), p. 184-5. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1445421301605 accessed: 11 November, 2024
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Date/Time | 31 October, 1770 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:55:01 +0100
Approved on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:55:38 +0000