Henry Machyn in Guildhall College, London; London - 7 May, 1554
from A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563:
The morrow after was a great Mass at the same place and by the same fraternity, when every clerk offered halfpenny. The Mass was sung by divers of the Queen's Chapel and children. And after Mass done, every clerk went in their procession two and two together, each having a surplice and a rich cope and a garland. After them, eighty standards, streamers, and banners. And everyone that bore them had an alb or else a surplice, and two and two together. Then came the waits playing. And then between thirty clerks and a choir … more >>
Henry Machyn, and Colette Moore, Marilyn Miller and Richard W. Bailey (ed.), A London Provisioner's Chronicle, 1550-1563. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1507197592294 accessed: 16 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersMass | performed by Children, Singers from the Queen's Chapel |
Salve festa dies | performed by Four choirs |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 7 May, 1554 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, outdoors, in public |
Notes
Follows listening experience no. 1507196843885