Fourth Earl of Orford in London, England - 28 May, 1796
from Letter from Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 30 May 1796, page 400:
The scene at the Opera on Saturday was much stronger than even the papers represented. The Princess* at first retired, but the Duke of Leeds persuaded her to stand up and curtsey. She did, and then all the … more >>
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Horace Walpole, Letter from Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 30 May 1796. In Mrs. Paget Toynbee (ed.), The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, volume 15 (Oxford, 1905), p. 400. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1535026225058 accessed: 25 November, 2024
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hide composers| 'God Save the King' | performed by the opera audience |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 28 May, 1796 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:10:27 +0100
Approved on Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:53:16 +0100