6th Baron Byron in London? - 1815
from Letter from Thomas Moore to E.T. Dalton, Esq., 1815, page 87:
In one of Lord Byron’s letters to me after I left London, he mentioned having met you, and that Mrs. Dalton sung “one of my best songs so well that, only for the appearance of affectation, he could have cried.” Was it “Could’st thou look?”
cite as
Thomas Moore, Letter from Thomas Moore to E.T. Dalton, Esq., 1815. In Lord John Russell and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 2 (London, 1853), p. 87. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1593536634655 accessed: 31 January, 2025
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written by Thomas Moore |
performed by Mrs Olivia Dalton |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1815 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors |
Notes
Edward Tuite Dalton (d. 1820), a Dublin-based musician, was a close friend of Moore.
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:03:55 +0100
Approved on Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:19:09 +0100