Richard Edgcumbe in England - mid 19th Century

from Musical Reminiscences: Containing an Account of Italian Opera in England, From 1773. The Fourth Edition, Continued to the Present Time, and Including The Festival in Westminster Abbey., pages 204-5:

Wearied as I was I could not help staying a part of it [one act of the Barbiere], to hear her [Sontag] sing Rode’s Variations, which she did with astonishing neatness and accuracy ; but after all, it is an instrumental, not a vocal, piece of music.

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Richard Edgcumbe, Musical Reminiscences: Containing an Account of Italian Opera in England, From 1773. The Fourth Edition, Continued to the Present Time, and Including The Festival in Westminster Abbey. (London, 1834), p. 204-5. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447065364515 accessed: 6 October, 2024

location of experience: England

Listeners

Richard Edgcumbe
Amateur Actor, Amateur Musician, Politician, Writer
1764-1839

Listening to

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Rode’s Variations performed by Sontag

Experience Information

Date/Time mid 19th Century
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others

Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Mon, 09 Nov 2015 10:36:04 +0000
Approved on Sat, 22 Oct 2016 08:40:34 +0100