John Marsh in Dorking - April, 1765
from The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828), page 32:
At Dorking I paid my usual attention to the chimes & found that instead of "Britons strike home" they now played " Fill ev'ry glass," a much better tune for the purpose , as it employ'd the whole 8. bells, whereas in the other only 6. were used.
cite as
John Marsh, The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828). In John Marsh, and Brian Robins (ed.), The John Marsh Journals: The Life and Times of a Gentleman Composer (1752-1828), volume - (Stuyvesant, New York, 1998), p. 32. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1394648769845 accessed: 2 January, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| 'Fill ev'ry glass" |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | April, 1765 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Notes
'Fill ev'ry glass' is from The Beggar's Opera, first performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1728.
Originally submitted by iepearson on Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:26:09 +0000