a friend of Moses Heap in Lancashire - between 1840 and 1860
from My Life and Times, or An Old Man's Memories, page 52:
A friend told me about having a class of 14 learning to play the fiddle, and of all the sounds in Creation he heard from the mewing of a kitten to the bellowing of a mad bull, these beat all.
cite as
Moses Heap, My Life and Times, or An Old Man's Memories. In Rossendale Collection, Rawtenstall Public Libraries, 1961, number RC 942 ROS, p. 52. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1657878782963 accessed: 18 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| the sound of pupils learning the violin | performed by a class of fourteen violin pupils |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between 1840 and 1860 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:53:03 +0100
Approved on Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:38:46 +0100