Fourth Earl of Orford in London?, England - 1 August, 1790, at night
from Letter from Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 2 August 1790, page 280:
There [at a concert at Mrs. Udney's the previous night] I found the Abbé singing glees with the Abrahams. He came to Mr. Barrett’s a day later than he had promised. I insisted that he had been warbling at the Worcester and Gloucester music meeting.
cite as
Horace Walpole, Letter from Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 2 August 1790. In Mrs. Paget Toynbee (ed.), The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, volume 14 (Oxford, 1905), p. 280. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1535020472548 accessed: 19 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Unspecified vocal music | performed by Misses Abrams [Abrahams], the Abbé (Rev. Norton Nicholls) |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1 August, 1790, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
'The Abbé' refers to the Rev. Norton Nicholls (1742-1811). 'The Misses Abrams' refers to the concert singer Harriett Abrams (soprano) and one of her sisters, most likely Theodosia (contralto).
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:34:33 +0100
Approved on Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:21:15 +0100