William Stewart Rose in Venice - December, 1817
from Letters from the North of Italy, Addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq., in Two Volumes , pages 169-170:
[Letter XLVIII, Vol. 2]
There is nothing here, that I am aware of, which is interesting in the scenic part of the religious functions of this festival, with the exception of the music of a mass, called la Pastorale, in commemoration of that with which our Saviour is supposed to have been saluted by the shepherds, and usually imitative of the sounds of the pastoral pipes. … more >>
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William Stewart Rose, Letters from the North of Italy, Addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq., in Two Volumes , volume 1 (London, 1819), p. 169-170. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1518884832514 accessed: 8 February, 2025
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Date/Time | December, 1817 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:27:12 +0000
Approved on Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:25:07 +0100