Samuel Pepys in Queen's Chapel - 22 March, 1668
from Diary of Samuel Pepys, 22 March 1668, page 891:
Here I met with Brisban; and after hearing the service at the King's chapel, where I heard the Bishop of Norwich, Dr. Reynolds the old presbyterian, begin a very plain sermon, he and I to the Queen's chapel and there did hear the Italians sing; and endeed, their music did appear most admirable to me, beyond anything of ours - I was never so well satisfied in my life with it.
cite as
Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, 22 March 1668. In Robert Latham and William Matthews (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys : a selection (London, 2003), p. 891. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1407414302202 accessed: 10 March, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| 17th-century Italian sacred music | performed by Italian chapel musicians |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 22 March, 1668 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Easter Day, 1668
Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:25:02 +0100