Lowell Mason in Düsseldorf - 2 August, 1852
from Musical letters from Abroad, page 182:
After a recess of about forty minutes, during which time there was a general retreat to the garden, to engage in the performances there, the societies from towns of ten thousand inhabitants or more, of which there were four in number, constituting the first class, resumed and completed the prize-contest-singing. Three of these societies (of the first class) sang exceedingly well; but the “Concordia” from Bonn was decidedly superior to all the others, and the loud, long applause that followed their performance seemed to be a decision by the audience in anticipation of that of the… more >>
Lowell Mason, Musical letters from Abroad. In Musical Letters from Abroad (New York, 1854), p. 182. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448660876121 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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unknown choral music
written by Henry Purcell |
performed by Concordia Bonn |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 2 August, 1852 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |