Samuel Pepys in Whitehall - 17 June, 1660

from Diary of Samuel Pepys, 17 June 1660, page 55:

Lords day. Lay long abed. To Mr. Messums; a good sermon. This day the Organs did begin to play at Whitehall before the King.
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Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, 17 June 1660. In Robert Latham and William Matthews (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys : a selection (London, 2003), p. 55. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1407576519066 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Whitehall

Listeners

Samuel Pepys
Member of Parliament, Diarist, Naval officer
1633-1703

Listening to

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Organ music
written by George Frideric Handel, William Crotch

Experience Information

Date/Time 17 June, 1660
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:28:39 +0100