Lowell Mason in Rossplatz, Leipzig - early May, 1852
from Musical letters from Abroad, pages 122-3:
The show-places, theatres, menageries, panoramas, circuses, and houses or sheds for various games, sports, &c., come next. There are about twenty of these within sight of our window in Rossplatz; and as almost every one of them employs a band of music, and as many of these bands are playing on the piazzas or balconies outside of the buildings, at the same time, in different keys and movements, we are not at a loss for instrumental exhibitions daily from three to ten o’clock. But at ten everything ceases, and within half an hour all is hushed to stillness.
Lowell Mason, Musical letters from Abroad. In Musical Letters from Abroad (New York, 1854), p. 122-3. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448322397200 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
Experience Information
Date/Time | early May, 1852 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, outdoors, in public |