Charlotte Moscheles in Exeter Hall - 1836
from Recent Music and Musicians, pages 230-231:
And how would you have liked a grand performance of Handel's oratorio, 'Solomon', in Exeter Hall, and immediately afterwards the dance-music of a ballroom, where we were obliged, in spite of the unpleasant contrast, to look in for an hour or so, or we should have been thought rude.
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Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 230-231. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1430313003748 accessed: 24 November, 2024
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Solomon
written by George Frideric Handel |
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| dance music |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1836 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by mallen on Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:10:04 +0100