William Gardiner et al. in Leicester - the 1790's
from Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, pages 343-344:
While at Belgrave Charles Pochin, Esq., of Barkby, complimented her [Madame Catalani] by giving a grand banquet, to which the first families of the county were invited to meet her. At supper she was placed at the head of a large horse-shoe table, so that every one could see her; and as she sat gave us a song, calling upon me to join her in the droll effusion of Malbroke, but I declared my inability. However, she began it with her husband, Valibrique. Not recollecting the words, he stopped at the third verse, and Sir Gerard Noel struck into the tune, and accompanied her through the remaining … more >>
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William Gardiner, Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, volume 1 (London, 1838), p. 343-344. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1411073277861 accessed: 10 December, 2024
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Experience Information
Date/Time | the 1790's |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:47:58 +0100