Dr John Moore in Naples - late 18th Century
from A View of Society and Manners in Italy. Volume 2, pages 181-182:
I saw very lately a large cluster of men, women, and children, entertained to the highest degree, and to all appearance made exceedingly happy, by a poor fellow with a mask on his face, and a guitar in his hands. He assembled his audience by the songs he sung to the music of his instrument, and by a thousand merry stories he told them with infinite drollery. This assembly was in an… more >>
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Dr John Moore, A View of Society and Manners in Italy. Volume 2, volume 2 (London, 1796), p. 181-182. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1509100506500 accessed: 29 December, 2024
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Date/Time | late 18th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:35:06 +0100
Approved on Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:50:00 +0000