William Gardiner in Chapel Royal, London - June, early 19th Century, in the morning
from Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, pages 650-651:
[W]e drove to the Chapel Royal, and, by a back staircase that winds through one of the turrets in that ancient pile, we arrived at a secret door, and, gently tapping, were let into the organ-loft, where Sir George Smart was presiding. This is a gallery jutting a little way into the chapel, from which you have a complete view of the royal family.... The Earl of Wilton was playing an elaborate fugue upon the organ, and I asked Sir George if he was as clever at that as he was at fugueing after a fox in Leicestershire, in which diversion he is pre-eminent, and considered one of the … more >>
William Gardiner, Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, volume 2 (London, January, 1838), p. 650-651. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434796931087 accessed: 30 November, 2024
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Date/Time | June, early 19th Century, in the morning |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |