Fifth Viscount Torrington in York Minster - 5 June, 1792
from A Tour to the North, 1792, page 36:
I went to the Minster; and was well, and warmly seated: the service was decently perform’d; but unlike to that of Southwell, or of Lincoln; some voices were good; the Anthem was tiresome.
cite as
John Byng, A Tour to the North, 1792. 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 3 (London, 1936), p. 36. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1546538118120 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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Listening to
hide composers| music at the minster service | performed by Choir of York Minster |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 5 June, 1792 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:55:18 +0000
Approved on Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:47:25 +0000