8th Baronet Savile in Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire - early October, 1748
from Secret Comment: The Diaries of Gertrude Savile 1721-1757. Based on a transcript by Dorothy Hooper., pages 355f:
Letter from George Savile to Gertrude Savile, DD SR 212/15/31, 4th October 1748, from Rufford
I am glad Garrick grows in your favour. I think he will improve upon you - at least if he does not grow negligent or a Gallery actor - both which faults he now and then allows himself. I think he might be perfect if he woud take pains, and trust to his own judgment a little more than he does. Sir Lionel Pilkington is here and we have a power of Musick. I don’t know if you know I have a fidler here that’s a fine Man.
Gertrude Savile, and Alan Saville and Marjorie Penn (ed.), Secret Comment: The Diaries of Gertrude Savile 1721-1757. Based on a transcript by Dorothy Hooper. (Devon, 1997), p. 355f. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1729087202865 accessed: 26 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| unspecified music, including for violin |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | early October, 1748 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
George Savile was Gertrude Savile's nephew.