Richard Colt Hoare in Catania, Sicily - 15 April, 1790
from A Classical tour through Italy and Sicily, page 429:
The Benedictine convent is highly deserving the notice of every traveller. The vast extent and general neatness of the buildings are very striking. It is enriched with a large museum […] The library is handsome; the church spacious and simple in its architecture, not being yet adorned with rich marbles. It contains an organ, justly celebrated as one of the most remarkable in Europe; the variety of its notes, and its accurate imitation of various other musical instruments, is astonishing. It is far superior to that which I heard at St. Martino, near Palermo.
Richard Colt Hoare, A Classical tour through Italy and Sicily (London, 1819), p. 429. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1517328529598 accessed: 1 December, 2024
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Date/Time | 15 April, 1790 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | indoors, in public, solitary |