Archibald Edward Douglas et al. in Paris - 26 March, 1821, at night
from Diary of Thomas Moore, 26 March 1821, page 213:
Found on my return our little rooms laid out with great management, and decorated with quantities of flowers, which Mrs. Story had sent. Our company, Mrs. S. and her cousins, Mrs. Forster, her two daughters, and Miss Bridgeman, the Villamils, Irving, Capt. Johnson, Wilder, &c., and the Douglases. Began with music; Mrs. V., Miss Drew, and Emma Forster sung. Our dance afterwards to the pianoforte very gay, and not the less so for the floor giving way in sundry places: a circle of chalk was drawn round one hole, Dr. Yonge was placed sentry over another, and whenever there… more >>
Thomas Moore, Diary of Thomas Moore, 26 March 1821. In Thomas Moore, and Lord John Russell (ed.), Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore, volume 3 (London, 1853), p. 213. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1597244987532 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersmusic for dancing | |
unspecified vocal music | performed by Emma Forster, Lucy Drew, Mrs Villamil |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 26 March, 1821, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
The Moores held a dance to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary.