Jemima Yorke et al. in London, England - between April, 1749 and May, 1749
from Extracts from Old Letters to Ldy M: Gr: Vol 2nd, page 24:
[Letter from Jemima Yorke to Mary Gregory, 3rd May 1749]
By the by, – you can't imagine how genteel I am growing. – Son Excellence Mons.r le General Wall, Son Excellencini (or some Diminutive of Excellence) Mons.r Durand, & this Second Frenchman just added to the Number, are my particular Friends & Visiters & among the Priée's to my Concerts. And now I have begun to go to Masquerades I think there is Hope that something good in time may come of me.
Jemima Yorke, Extracts from Old Letters to Ldy M: Gr: Vol 2nd. In Aristocratic Women: The Social, Political and Cultural History of Rich and Powerful Women. Part 1, the Correspondence of Jemima, Marchioness Grey (1722-97) and Her Circle. , volume Reel 10 (Marlborough, 1995), p. 24. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1676466642493 accessed: 9 May, 2025
Listeners
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Listening to
hide composers| Masquerade music | |
| Classical concert music |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between April, 1749 and May, 1749 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |