Charles Burney in France - early December, 1770
from Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney, page 220:
In Provence and Languedoc through which I passed the songs of the country people are rather pretty - I got 'em to sing me some whereever I stopt - and the airs are national and simple - less wild than the Scots as less ancient, but I rather think these melodies the oldest since the invention of Guido's system.
cite as
Charles Burney, and Herbert Edmund Poole (ed.), Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney (London, 1974), p. 220. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1445864260818 accessed: 22 December, 2024
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Experience Information
| Date/Time | early December, 1770 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in public |
Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Mon, 26 Oct 2015 12:57:41 +0000
Approved on Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:46:00 +0000