conjuror and audience in London, England - between early 20th Century and mid 20th Century
from Starting from Victoria, page 48:
Writing about accompanying at concerts, brings to my mind one or two incidents amusing and otherwise. I was once playing sweet music for a conjuror whose final effort was to produce a Union Jack on a pole from some pocket or other—probably his waistcoat—and to wave it to and fro while the audience sang, “Hearts of Oak” [sic].They were singing lustily, “Hearts of Oak” and I was busily thumping on the piano when… more >>
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Leonard W. Ellisdon, Starting from Victoria. In Brunel University The Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 1:229, p. 48. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1532085928957 accessed: 4 October, 2024
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'Heart of Oak'
written by William Boyce |
performed by Leonard W. Ellisdon, Audience |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between early 20th Century and mid 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:25:29 +0100
Approved on Thu, 30 Aug 2018 09:34:22 +0100