Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord et al. in Paris - 28 March, 1816, at night
from Letter from Mary Berry to her sister, Agnes, 29 March 1816, pages 82–83:
[Yesterday] went to Madame Moreau’s, where there was a concert. It was more disagreeable as to arrangement than a concert in London; because all the women were seated in three rows of chairs round an oval room, without a possibility of moving, or of a single man getting near them. ... At twelve o’clock we went to Talleyrand’s; that is to say, chez la Comtesse Edmond de Périgord, his niece, i.e. a daughter of the Duchesse de Courland, whom he has separated from his nephew, to whom she was married. She is… more >>
Mary Berry, Letter from Mary Berry to her sister, Agnes, 29 March 1816. In Lady Theresa Lewis, Lady Theresa Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 3 (London, 1865), p. 82–83. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1542283482953 accessed: 5 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersvocal and piano music | performed by Mlle Renaud, Felice Blangini |
A concert |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 28 March, 1816, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |