Charles Burney in Rome - 9 October, 1770

from Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney, page 152:

[…] with Corri to the Mignatrice, who sung 2 or 3 songs admirably. Then to the Duke’s to hear another cantatrice - but she was a poor business – her singing would be bad among English misses.

cite as

Charles Burney, and Herbert Edmund Poole (ed.), Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney (London, 1974), p. 152. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444908034358 accessed: 25 April, 2024

location of experience: Rome

Listeners

Charles Burney
musicologist, Musician, Writer
1726-1814

Experience Information

Date/Time 9 October, 1770
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private

Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:20:34 +0100
Approved on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:07:12 +0000