Sophia Weston et al. in Manchester - September, 1785
from Letter from Anna Seward to Mrs Cotton, 27 October 1785, page 82:
We went together to a brilliant music-meeting at Manchester last month, where, amidst the collected musical strength of the kingdom, Mara and Saville had the leading parts, and filled them to the high delight of their auditors.
cite as
Anna Seward, Letter from Anna Seward to Mrs Cotton, 27 October 1785. In Archibald Constable (ed.), Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, volume 1 (Edinburgh, 1811), p. 82. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1535625875718 accessed: 21 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Unspecified vocal music | performed by John Saville, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | September, 1785 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:44:37 +0100
Approved on Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:28:25 +0100