Lady Sydney Morgan in Naples - early 19th Century, at night

from Italy Volume 2, pages 405fn:

 

Rosetti is one of the best, and certainly one of the most amusing improvisatori in Italy. He assured us, that having once uttered his inspirations, he could not write them down, nor even remember a word; he is also a very good poet. Next to Rosetti, one of the gayest, and most entertaining improvisatori that we heard in Italy, was Signore Giacomo Ferretti of …   more >>

cite as

Lady Sydney Morgan, Italy Volume 2, volume 2 (London, 1821), p. 405fn. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1516540323111 accessed: 25 December, 2024

location of experience: Naples

Listeners

Lady Sydney Morgan
Novelist
17??-1859

Listening to

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improvised singing
written by children
performed by Giacomo Ferretti, Rosetti

Experience Information

Date/Time early 19th Century, at night
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Sun, 21 Jan 2018 13:12:03 +0000
Approved on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:44:36 +0000