Charles Burney in Lyon - late June, 1770

from Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney, page 25:

There are many English people in this town [Lyons] and while I am writing this somebody is playing ‘Through the wood Laddie’ on the German flute in the next room till they are ready to die.

cite as

Charles Burney, and Herbert Edmund Poole (ed.), Music, men and manners in France and Italy, 1770 / Charles Burney (London, 1974), p. 25. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1445871469370 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Lyon

Listeners

Charles Burney
musicologist, Musician, Writer
1726-1814

Listening to

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Through the wood Laddie

Experience Information

Date/Time late June, 1770
Medium live
Listening Environment in private, indoors, solitary

Originally submitted by Gorwel Owen on Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:57:50 +0000
Approved on Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:19:02 +0000