Thomas Killigrew et al. in London - 12 February, 1667
from Diary of Samuel Pepys, 12 February 1667, page 723:
...[W]e all took coaches (my Lord’s and T. Killigrew’s) and to Mrs. Knepp’s chamber, where this Italian is to teach her to sing her part. And so we all thither, and there she did sing an Italian song or two very fine, while he played the bass upon a Harpsicon there; and exceedingly taken I am with her singing, and believe she will do miracles at that and acting.
cite as
Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, 12 February 1667. In Robert Latham and William Matthews (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys : a selection (London, 2003), p. 723. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1420827742643 accessed: 23 January, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Italian song | performed by Elizabeth Knepp, Giovanni Battista Draghi |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 12 February, 1667 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:22:22 +0000