Dorothy 'Daisy' Cowper in Toxteth, Liverpool - early 20th Century
from De Nobis, pages 34 part 2:
[…] In addition to school lessons, most of my playfellows had piano practice to do in the evening, as I had also, for I had two quarters at 5/- for twelve lessons, and was doing quite nicely. I had three pieces of sheet music at the end of the six months, and that was the yardstick of success. There was a “Jolly Haymakers’ Ride” and a still jollier Winter Sledging affair—I donned a pair of elastic wrist bands with bells … more >>
Dorothy 'Daisy' Cowper, De Nobis. In Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiography, University of Brunel Library, Special Collections, number 1.182, p. 34 part 2. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1538749221126 accessed: 2 November, 2024 (By permission of University of Brunel Library, Special Collections)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersunspecified piano solo | performed by Dorothy 'Daisy' Cowper |
Jolly Haymakers' Ride | performed by Dorothy 'Daisy' Cowper |
'Winter Sledging' | performed by Dorothy 'Daisy' Cowper |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in private, indoors |