Mary Delany - between early February, 1755 and mid March, 1755
from Letter from Mrs Delany to Mrs Dewes, Bulstrode, 3 March 1755, pages 338-39:
I wrote you a letter last week with a full account of my travels to and in London. The oratorio was miserably thin; the Italian opera is in high vogue, and always full, though one song of the least worthy of Mr. Handel's music is worth all their frothy expectations.
cite as
Letter from Mrs Delany to Mrs Dewes, Bulstrode, 3 March 1755. In Augusta Hall (ed.), The Autobiography and correspondence of Mary Granville, volume Series,1 Vol. III (London, 1861), p. 338-39. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1442247241788 accessed: 25 April, 2024
Listeners
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Listening to
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music by Handel
written by George Frideric Handel |
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Italian opera
written by Signor Baptista |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between early February, 1755 and mid March, 1755 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Liz Ford on Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:14:02 +0100
Approved on Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:36:45 +0000