William Lisle Bowles et al. in Bath - 19 March, 1819, at night
from Diary of Thomas Moore, 19 March 1819, pages 279–280:
Bowles and I (after securing our tickets for the Harmonic in the evening) dined at the White Hart. Went at night to the Harmonic; very full rooms — at least 300 persons. Introduced to a whole shoal of baronets, Sir Robert This and Sir John That. Never was so stared at in my life before. Three things of mine sung, “The Minstrel Boy,” “Hark! the Vesper Hymn,” and a glee from “Anacreon.”
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Thomas Moore, Diary of Thomas Moore, 19 March 1819. In Lord John Russell and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 2 (London, 1853), p. 279–280. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1594029120566 accessed: 22 December, 2024
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'Hark! the Vesper Hymn'
written by arr. John Stevenson |
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a glee from 'The Odes of Anacreon'
written by Sir John Stevenson |
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'The Minstrel Boy'
written by arr. Thomas Moore |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 19 March, 1819, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |