William Gardiner in Leicester - 20 January, 1837, in the morning

from Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, pages 729-730:

On Friday, January 20, 1837, my father (as his custom was) took up his violoncello soon after breakfast, and in his 94th year played that beautiful air of Shields's, 'See the rosy morn appearing,' with a firmness and truth of tone, not common to persons of his age. A few days after he was attacked by that direful complaint, the Influenza, and on the following Friday expired. 

cite as

William Gardiner, Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, volume 2 (London, January, 1838), p. 729-730. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435442173213 accessed: 27 December, 2024

location of experience: Leicester

Listeners

William Gardiner
Composer, Hosier
1770-1853

Listening to

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See the rosy morn appearing
written by Shield

Experience Information

Date/Time 20 January, 1837, in the morning
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Sat, 27 Jun 2015 22:56:13 +0100
Approved on Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:06:36 +0100