Fifth Viscount Torrington in Lincoln Cathedral - 15 July, 1791
from Tour into Lincolnshire, 1791, page 400:
After mature consideration, it was determin’d that we should lounge this day here, or hereabout: and to survey a cathedral, and hear the service therein, by me so much commended. […] [We] crawl’d up to the cathedral, and walk’d the great aile till the service was beginning, a time well bestow’d; this was a decent, and honourable performance, but, unluckily for us, no anthem, as that is perform’d on Wednesdays, and Fridays, at evening service. How… more >>
John Byng, Tour into Lincolnshire, 1791. In C. Bruyn Andrews (ed.), The Torrington Diaries Containing the Tours Throughout England and Wales of the Hon. John Byng (Later Fifth Viscount Torrington) Between the Years 1781 and 1794, volume 2 (London, 1935), p. 400. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1546537597262 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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Listening to
hide composersmusic at the cathedral service | performed by Lincoln Cathedral Choir |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 15 July, 1791 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
All spelling and punctuation copied from the original source.