James Douglas in Windsor England - mid 19th Century
from Account of life as a chorister in the nineteenth century, page 7:
There was one of the biggest men I every [sic] saw in the [St George's Chapel] Choir while I was there named Salmon & a joke went the round once that Mr Mitchell organist of Eton made a rather heavy bet when talking of … more >>
James Douglas, Account of life as a chorister in the nineteenth century. In Choir Archives, St George's Chapel, Windsor, England, p. 7. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1524217274744 accessed: 22 January, 2025 (All extracts from the memoir are by kind permission of the writer's descendant Prof. James Wilkinson.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| hymn singing | performed by Anonymous |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | mid 19th Century |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
James Douglas lodged with the Mitchell family as a chorister: 'I was placed under the care of a Miss Mitchell at Eton who bestowed on me the loving care of a Mother during the years I was with her. Her Father who lived with her had been Coachman to the Provost of Eton & her brother was one of the Lay Clerks at S.Georges & also organist at Eton College' (p. 2)