Family and friends of Christian Charles Josias, Baron von Bunsen et al. in Charlottenberg - 31 December, 1856
from A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume II, page 414:
Letter from Bunsen to a Friend, 22nd December, 1856 - Imagine that my married children have united in making me a great surprise against the New Year by the valuable present of a billiard-table ! Up to the day when it came, and was put up, I played daily at bowls in the garden with Theodore (who had, without saying anything, meanwhile arranged the whole), but since then it has become too cold for bowls; and thus the substitute has arrived exactly at the right time. You know, that for almost forty years without exception we have, alone in our home-circle, sat up to await the year's … more >>
Baroness von Bunsen, A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume II, volume 2 (London, 1868), p. 414. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434371304132 accessed: 23 December, 2024
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hide composers| Choral singing | performed by Family and Friends of Baron von Bunsen, Baron von Bunsen |
| Solemn Music | performed by Family and Friends of Baron von Bunsen, Baron von Bunsen |
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| Date/Time | 31 December, 1856 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |