Agnes Cowper in Liverpool - the 1880's, at night
from A backward glance on Merseyside, page 28:
Many young people of today have received the impression that life, for those of my childhood days, was dull and rather miserable. I deny it. The streets, lit by gas-light, were neither dull nor dark, for through the slats of venetian blinds there streamed forth beams of light, as in homes aspiring to gentility the girls of the family were taught to play the piano, and father and mother took care that practising was regularly undertaken. So, from many of the … more >>
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Agnes Cowper, A backward glance on Merseyside, volume 2nd edition (Birkenhead, 1952), p. 28. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1530788112010 accessed: 12 December, 2024
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'The Robin's Return'
written by Leander Fisher |
performed by a girl |
'Silvery Waves'
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'The Maiden's Prayer'
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Brahms waltzes, no. 1
written by Johannes Brahms |
performed by a girl |
Experience Information
Date/Time | the 1880's, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Thu, 05 Jul 2018 11:55:13 +0100
Approved on Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:07:40 +0100