Richard Edgcumbe in Westminster Abbey - 1834

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., page 264:

As a composition, though it was Mozart’s, it had little beauty; and as to its execution, it was thoroughly insipid and ineffective.

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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. 264. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448973059320 accessed: 9 December, 2024

location of experience: Westminster Abbey

Listeners

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

Listening to

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Davide penitents

Experience Information

Date/Time 1834
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in public

Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Tue, 01 Dec 2015 12:30:59 +0000
Approved on Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:37:05 +0100