Henrietta Burkin in Stepney
from Memoirs of Henrietta Burkin, page 12:
Our pleasures were simple; there were plenty of parties. Mum and Dad took any excuse to have one, all birthdays, etc. The little parlour would be filled to overflowing, with Mum and Dad aften [sic] sitting in the passage looking in through the open door. I had to play a piece or two on the piano, and sometimes a German friend would play the violin (I only knew him as “Otto”). Everyone had their one … more >>
cite as
Henrietta Burkin, Memoirs of Henrietta Burkin. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:118, p. 12. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1529663427518 accessed: 10 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers'To be a farmer's boy' | |
'Two little girls in blue'
written by Paul Lannin, Vincent Youmans |
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Unspecified violin music | performed by Otto |
Unspecified piano music | performed by Henrietta Burkin |
Experience Information
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:30:28 +0100
Approved on Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:31:55 +0100