Fourth Earl of Orford in Florence - February, 1740

from Letter from Horace Walpole to Richard West, 27 Feb. 1740, pages 90-91:

The end of the Carnival is frantic, bacchanalian; all the morn one makes parties in masque to the shops and coffee-houses, and all the evening to the operas and balls. Then I have danced, good gods! how have I danced! The Italians are fond to a degree of our country dances: Cold and raw they only know by the tune; Blowzybella is almost Italian, and Buttered peas is Pizelli al buro. There are but three days more; but the two last are to have balls all the morning at the fine unfinished palace of the Strozzi; and the Tuesday night a masquerade after supper: they sup first, to eat gras, and not …   more >>
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Fourth Earl of Orford, Letter from Horace Walpole to Richard West, 27 Feb. 1740. In Anita Kermode and Frank Kermode (ed.), The Oxford book of letters (Oxford, 1995), p. 90-91. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1407327566453 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Florence

Listeners

Fourth Earl of Orford
patron of the arts, Politician, Writer
1717-1797

Listening to

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Blowzybella
Buttered peas
Cold and raw
Pizelli al buro

Experience Information

Date/Time February, 1740
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in public

Originally submitted by hgb3 on Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:19:26 +0100