Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein et al. in Paris - 5 April, 1802, at night
from Diary of Mary Berry, 5 April 1802, pages 182–183:
In the evening to Madame de Staël. It was a sort of concert. When we arrived, somebody was playing on the pianoforte, and the servant begged we would wait in the outer room till the piece was over. To this we readily consented. The Prince of Orange arriving soon after, the same injunction was put upon him, and we laughingly remonstrated against keeping the Prince of Orange in the antechamber; but the servant stuck to his orders, and the Prince remained very quietly with us, and others who followed till the piece of music was finished, when we all entered together. … more >>
Mary Berry, Diary of Mary Berry, 5 April 1802. In Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 2 (London, 1865), p. 182–183. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1541699017002 accessed: 4 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersan Italian air | performed by Pierre-Jean Garat |
two French opera arias | performed by Pierre-Jean Garat |
a vocal duet | performed by Chevalier de la Cainea, Pierre-Jean Garat |
piano music | |
vocal music | performed by Chevalier de la Cainea |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 5 April, 1802, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
*A footnote in the text explains that there were two singers by the name of Garat, brothers Pierre-Jean and Joseph Dominique Fabry. It was probably the former (elder) brother to whom Mary Berry alludes, as he appears to have enjoyed a high reputation at Paris as a concert singer. This singer is listed in Grove Online as (Dominique) Pierre (Jean) Garat, 1762–1823.