Catherine Talbot in Vauxhall Gardens, London - mid April, 1749, in the morning
from A Series of Letters between Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the Year 1741 to 1770, page 304:
I went one morning of last week, quite chid there by my lord and my mother, to the Vauxhall music. We went by water, and returned in a coach through Fulham by a beautiful country, sweet as spring could make it. The crowd was astonishing, but not terrible. I took it for granted you was there, though among 8000 people we did not happen to meet one another. Dr. Potter was there, looking and enquiring for you.
Miss Catherine Talbot and Mrs Elizabeth Carter, and Montagu Pennington (ed.), A Series of Letters between Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, from the Year 1741 to 1770, volume 1 (New York, 1973), p. 304. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1674745490058 accessed: 25 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Unspecified music |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | mid April, 1749, in the morning |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Notes
The listening experience is found in a letter from Catherine Talbot to her life-long dearest friend Elizabeth Carter, dated 25 April 1749. Original spelling, punctuation and capitalisation retained.