Hester Lynch Piozzi et al. in Paris - mid September, 1784, in the morning
from Diary of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 7 December 1784, page 619:
Mr Piozzi’s Valet too (a Venetian) was dressing my Hair at Paris one Morning, while somebody was playing on the Violin at the opposite Windows of the same Hotel:―I observed him to fret, & seem oddly miserable: What’s the matter with you said I Ercolani? If (replied he, Mistress) that Beast does not leave off soon I shall run Mad or dye directly, & you will see an honest Italian killed by a French Dog’s howling.―
Hester Lynch Piozzi, Diary of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 7 December 1784. In Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana: The Diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale (Later Mrs. Piozzi) 1776–1809. 2nd ed. , volume 2 (Oxford, 1951), p. 619. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1543234637029 accessed: 19 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| violin playing |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | mid September, 1784, in the morning |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
All spelling and punctuation copied from the original.